History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas: Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII.Means, Philip Ainsworth
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History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas: Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII.
Means, Philip Ainsworth
Itza Indians; Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- History
jamach nah yan tech? how many tortillas have you?
jamach uinic tan ilah ti be? how many men have you seen on the road?
[Yucatan: bahun uinicol t an ilab ti be?]
(One illegible phrase here)
bix le lo? how is that?
bix yanil ech? how are you? [Yucatan: bicx a cah?]
bax a kati? what do you want?
bax akaba? what is your name?
max u thinic en? who is calling me?
max [ts]in [Ts]ic tue? to whom am I to give it?
mayan ja, there is no water. [Yucatan: manaan ja, minan ja]
xturuhui, yellow (or jaundice; text says _amarillo_).
nicte, white.
chacnicte, red.
qu[vi]j, henequen. [Yucatan: yaxci]
kaim, milk. [Yucatan: kabim]
y[va], a small sapote (?). [Yucatan: zaya]
ten cin bin ich cah, I am going into the village.
kayem, gruel made of corn flour. [Yucatan: keyem]
iz [ts]it, a small tamale made with new corn.
culen, sit down (imperative). [Yucatan: culen, sit down!
cultal, to sit down]
liken, get up (imperative). [Yucatan: likil, to get up]
(Several illegible words follow)
thuth, I weep (perhaps it means dark brown--_loro_)
(Several more illegible words)
sac, fear. [Yucatan: zahaal, fear]
sac en, I am afraid, I fear. [Yucatan: zahal, to fear]
saccep, timorous. [Yucatan: ahzahet, timorous]
mac, people. [Yucatan: uinic]
bizit, that part of an animal... (illegible) ... which is composed of
the lower part of the spine.
c[vo][vo]b, (meaning illegible). [Yucatan: coc]
paklam, prickly pear (?) (Text has _stapal y tuna_). [Yucatan: pakam]
kuchune, the whorl (_jicarita_) which they use for spinning.
cucut, a mountain fruit ... (illegible) ... like a small plaintain.
kat or kot, flat earthen bowl set before an idol. [Yucatan: cat]
(An illegible word)
chim, a knapsack (_mochila_).
zuzich, to cut off the grains from a cooked ear of corn; and also the
grains thus cut off. [Yucatan: zuz, to plane]
chaac, let it go! (_sueltalo_).
chaac la tzimine, set the horse free! (_suelta el caballo_).
bot, hail. [Yucatan: bat]
punab, mahogany (_caobana_).
hach nohoch punab, how big the mahogany tree is!
chulul, the bow for shooting.
tzaan, the cord of the bow.
teztan, the bow used in the reverse (with the cord on the convex
side) (?).
cec che, an arrow with a tooth or jog.
pocte, an arrow with a point of clay.
yaxapat, the royal palm (from the Lacandones?)
thahaan, the muscular part of the thumb.
[Ts]unum, a bird.
[Ts]ununte, laurel, a mountain bush.
hubuche, a mountain bush; the leaves ... (illegible).
tanai, a species of cane or bamboo ... very large.
tu[ts], (meaning illegible)
j[=o][vo]le, yesterday. [Yucatan: holhe]
zamal, tomorrow.
cui, (meaning illegible).
chepetz, bread of new maize.
uokekuch, a stick used in weaving.
(Several illegible and obscurely translated words)
Phrases. (Only those with meanings given in the text appear here)
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