bʼakʼtun
Meaning
Noun
- In the Maya calendar, a period of 144 000 days (20 k’atun periods): 394.25 solar years.
Related
Similar words
- pik
Origin
- "[T]he gloss b’ak’tun was invented [by scholars], it is not an indigenous Maya word; the Classic Maya word was probably pik."
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