VOCABULARY MAYA


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A

Aluxo'ob - little people -elves.

B

Baach - a noisy bird.

Bak'halal - Maya name for Bacalar

Baalam-naj - House of the juagar, Native church of Santa Cruz.

Baatab - Maya chief.

Box-ni -Black nose snake.

C

Coba - Prehispanic maya city.

Coocomo'ob - Maya ethnic family name. (subgroup)

Cupul - Maya family name.

Cupulo'ob - Maya group.

Cuzamil - Place of the swallows.

Cituk - Last name.

Ch

Chaak - rain.

Chak - red.

Chak-che - red wood.

Chakaj - plant, soft wood tree.

Chakts'iits'ib - Cardenal.

Chak'amputum - Prehispanic city.

Chan - small.

Chehtmal - Prehispanic city, Chetumal.

Chemax - name os a town.

Chetumal - Capital of Quintana Roo.

Chichen Itza - Prehispanic city.

Chiinchinbakal - Canary.

Chilam Balam - A prophet.

Ch'omak - fox.

Chu'ujo'ob - gourds.

Chukbak - The hunt.

Chuum-poon - The trunk of the copal.

Chuun-x-ya'axche - the trunk of the willow.

Chuun-oon - the trunk of the avocado.

I

Iipil - women's traditional dress.

Is-waaj - Tortilla from soft corn.

Itza'ob - Maya ethnic group

J

J-meen - Medicine man.

Ja'abente - yearling deer

Ja'abino'ob - hard wood tree.

Jaalab - tepescuintle.

Jiich - Knot.

Jiri'ich-joop - match

Jolo'och - corn husk.

K

Ka'anche - made of boards

K'abax bu'ul - Boiled beans.

Ka'ambul - pheasant

K'aan - mecate - measure of 20 meters.

K'atuno'ob - mecates.

K'atuno'ob - 20 year cycle

K'a'aw - crow

Kill - small parrot

Ke'el - cold

Kitam - mountain pig.

Kituk - fruit of coconut.

Koos - bird of prey.

K'oocha'ob - big parrot

Koj - puma

Kuuyo'ob - stone mounds.

K'ulub - racoon.

K'uum - squash, pumpkin

K'u'um - boiled corn to be ground for tortilla dough.

K'ookayo'ob - fireflies.

L

Leek - large round fruit like a gourd.

M

Maalixo'ob - mongrel dog

Maya-Putum - mayas of Tabasco

Mayab - Name of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Mayapan - prehispanic city.

Maasewaal - maya indians name.

Maasewaalo'ob - maya indians name for themselves.

N

Nohoch tata - paterfamilia

O

Ooch - fox

P

Paj-k'eyen - sour corn drink

Pa'ap - noisy bird

Peten - Island

Peten-itza - lagoon of Peten Guatemala

Piib - cook in the ground

Piibijnal - corn cooked in the ground.

Piich - leafy tree

Pich - crow

Piimo'ob - thick tortilla.

Poolkano'ob - corn bread with seeds and white beans.

P'uuj - hunting technique.

Pukte - hard wood plant

Puuch - work food with the fingers

P'uus - hunchback

Puutsnak - a kind of deer

S

Saabukaanoob - bagmade of henequen or hemp

Sak-bej - white maya road

Sakpakalo'ob - doves

Sajkab - limestone

Sooskil - hemp fiber

T

Taab - sack carrier with a strap across the forehead

Ta'ucho'ob - black chicle tree

Taata - father

Tatich - sir

Taticho'ob - maya chiefs

Tekom - name of a town

Tepich - name of a town where the caste wars began

Tihosuco - name of a town

Tixcacalcupul - name of a town

Tuk'tuunich - hard rock

Ts'ik - shred meat

Tuuch - belly button

Tu'ul - rabbit

Tulu'um - in his own land. Prehispanic maya city

Tsa'ab-kaan - rattlesnake

Tsalam - lumber tree

Ts'aanchak - boiled meat

Tsu' - turkey

Tsuuk - tripe

Tsuutsuy - love birds

Ts'uul - white man

U

Uso'ob - small mosquitoes

Uxmal - pre-hispanic city

W

Wa'ajpaach - mythological giant who lives in the jungles

Waaj-ixi'im - corn tortilla

Waimil - woods of 4 or 5 years growth

Wa'ay piix - name of a town. Boogie man

Wayu'umo'ob - eatable fruit

Wiinklilche- long-thin branch

X

X-ho'otsu'uk - maya name for Tiohosuco

X-k'ili'ob - little parrots

X-k'ook - nightengale

X-maakulano'ob - aromatic eatable plant

X-mejen-k'uum - pumpkin

X-mejen-naj - rapid growing corn

X-nuk-nal - normal growing corn

X-taabentun - liquor made with honey

Xanab-k'eewal - sandal

Xunaan - Mrs

X-meen - Shaman

Xel-ha - spring, natural well

Xaman-ik - north wind

Xuux - bee hive

Xocbi-chuuy - embroidery

Xuul-ha - end of the water

Y

Yaaxche - willow tree

Yuuk - small deer

Z

Zaci - white hawk-Valladolid



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