balche
or bal·ché
[bahl-chey]
- (among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
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Origin of balche
< American Spanish < Yucatec Mayan
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Mrs. Balche was reminded of her own cat, and went to give it a little cream.
Gentle JuliaBooth Tarkington
It may refer to balche (or baleze), the ceremonial drink, the symbol indicating the phonetic element b.
Day Symbols of the Maya YearCyrus Thomas
Florence was idly in the thoughts, however, of Mrs. Balche, the next-door neighbour to the south.
Gentle JuliaBooth Tarkington