The Annals of the CakchiquelsArana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
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The Annals of the Cakchiquels
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández
Cakchikel Indians; Cakchikel literature; Guatemala -- History -- To 1821
=Bay=, _n._ A mole, a ground animal.
=Ba[c,]=, _n._ What is spun, as cotton, or drawn into fine threads as
gold. _n._ A monkey.
=Be=, _v._ To go.
=Belehe=, _adv._ Nine.
=Bey=, _n._ Path, road, route.
=Bi=, _n._ A name; _ru bi_, his or its name.
=Bijh=, _v._ To speak, to talk.
=Bijn=, _v._ To walk, to go on foot.
=Birbot=, _v._ To make a loud, rumbling noise. _Ti birbot, ti nicnot_, it
roars and it rumbles, of the volcano (Varea).
=Bitol=, _n._ The creator. See p. 40.
=Bix=, _n._ 1. Songs, chants, poems. 2. Sparks from a fire (p. 17).
=Bok=, _v._ To tear up; to pull down; to sell for another; to translate:
to defeat.
=Bol=, _v._ To make deep trenches in the soil (“as the Indians of the
Sierra.” Varea).
=Boleh=, _v._ To go in a row, in a series, or in a procession. Applied to
mountains, when one rises upon another (Varea).
=Boz=, _vn._ To issue forth; hence, of flowers, to open, to blow; of a
butterfly, to come forth from the cocoon; of chicks, to come from the
egg; of grains of maize, to burst; of men, to proceed from, to be born;
_xeboço_, the absolute form.
=Cabih=, _n._ Day after to-morrow.
=Cacouh=, _n._ Cacao.
=Cah=, _n._ The sky, heaven, the atmospheric region.
=Cah=, _or_ =Cahi=, _adv._ Four.
=Cahlahuh=, _adv._ Fourteen.
=Cahmah=, _v._ To meet a repulse, defeat.
=Cak=, _adj._ Red.
=Cakix=, _n._ A bird. See p. 199.
=Cal=, _n._ That which is united or joined.
=Camel=, _n._ A mortal. _Adj._ Humble.
=Camiçah=, _v._ To kill, to slay, to destroy.
=Can=, _adv._ Remaining, aforesaid, already. See _Gram._, p. 65.
=Cana=, _n._ A captive taken in war.
=Canah=, _v._ To remain, to leave; _ti canay_, neuter, it appears, it is
found.
=Cani=, _adv._ Soon, shortly.
=Canoh=, _v._ To seek, to search for.
=Car=, _n._ Fish, generic name.
=Cauh=, _n._ Ornaments, adornments.
=Cavach=, _n._ Likeness, resemblance.
=Cavuh=, =Cauh=, _v._ To place anew, to notify, to prepare; to change, to
put on again.
=Cay=, _adv._ Two.
=Ca[c]=, _n._ Cock (Br).
=Cib=, _n._ Smoke, vapor.
=Civan=, _n._ A ravine, barranca.
=Ci[c]=, _v._ To lift up the voice, _n._ Shoutings.
=Co.= A concessive particle. Good! Bravo! Courage! On!
=Col=, _v._ To free, to liberate; to redeem, to save; _xoh ru col J. C.
chuvach cruz._ Christ redeemed us on the cross.
=Coon=, _n._ For _cun_, pudenda of a woman (Xim); hence, woman.
=Cot=, _n._ The eagle.
=Cou=, _n._ Something rough and violent.
=Couiricah=, _v._ To strengthen, to invigorate.
=Covil=, _adj._ Bold, courageous.
=Coz=, _v._ To rest.
=Cucu=, _n._ Large vase for water.
=Cuçul=, _n._ Cradle.
=Cuke=, _v._ To seat onesself.
=Cuker=, _v._ To be seated; to be content.
=Cumatz=, _n._ A serpent (gen). An eel.
=Cunum Cachak.= See p. 206.
=Cuyu[c]h=, _n._ A species of parrot.
=Ça=, _v._ To expose or show to the sun; to dry. _Met._; _çao ru vach_, to
show one’s face, to recover power.
=Çach=, _v._ To lose, to become lost.
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