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
=Ki=, _part._ An interrogative; also, denoting affirmation; often used
merely to give strength to an assertion. _Gram._, p. 71.
=Koch=, _n._ The crow.
=Kul=, _n._ The neck.
=Kup=, _v._ To seize, take by force.
=Kuruh=, _v._ To draw or drag out or on.
=Lab=, _n._ A portent, an augury. See pp. 39, 47.
=Labal=, _n._ An enemy, opponent.
=Labalih=, _v._ To make war, to fight. See p. 47.
=Lehah=, _v._ To fall sick; to grow weak; to be overcome or conquered.
=Lakam=, _n._ The war banner, “bandera de la guerra.”
=Lakeh=, _v._ To bring, to carry, to give.
=Lam=, _n._ The hard part; trunk of a tree, etc.
=Lamaba.= To detain one, to prevent him from going.
=La[t]abeh=, _v._ To enter into a place, to dwell there; to occupy as a
residence (_entrar á morar en casa._ Varea).
=La[t]eh=, _v._ To join or unite two things; especially to unite in the
sexual act.
=Lob=, _n._ Magical power.
=Lol=, _n._ The silence or state of desertion left by a pestilence, etc.
See p. 38.
=Lo[t]=, _v._ To prize, to hold dear, to esteem.
=Macamo=, _v._ To take alarm, to be frightened, to wonder at.
=Maha=, _adv._ Even not, not yet.
=Mahanick</b>, _adv._ Before that, previous to.
=Malohic</b>, _n._ A preparation of maize (?).
=Mam</b>, _n._ Grandchild.
=Mama</b>, _n._ An old man; _pl._ _mamaa_, the old men; _nu mama_, my
ancestors; also the rulers of a village; applied to animals it means the
male of the species.
=Mani</b>, _adv._ No, not.
=May</b>, _v._ A cycle, especially of 20 years. _May [t]ih_, a calendar for
calculating cycles. See p. 31.
=Meal=, _n._ A daughter.
=Meba=, _adj._ Poor.
=Meh=, _n._ A gable in a roof; an angle; a fold in clothing, etc.
=Meho=, _v._ To make an angle or fold; hence, to go to a place and return
from it.
=Mem=, _n._ A dumb man; to be dumb.
=Mez=, _n._ A cat. See p. 44.
=Meztah=, _v._ To forget.
=Me[t]en=, _adj._ Warm, hot.
=Mi=, _adv._ Particle, denoting recent past time, prefixed to form the
proximate preterit tense.
=Mier=, _adv._ Already, previously.
=Mi[c]h=, _v._ To tear up, to tear out or down.
=Mi[c]hoh=, _v._ To lie to, to deceive; to ridicule, to laugh at, to mock.
=Mol=, _v._ To gather together scattered things, to fill up, to collect.
=Moyeuh=, _n._ A fog, the mist.
=Muh=, _n._ Shade, shadow; hence, fig. protection, guardianship. See p.
20.
=Muk=, _v._ To hide, to conceal; to bury.
=Mun=, _adj._ Hungry, _n._ A slave. See p. 39.
=Na=, _adv._ A particle denoting priority, from _nabey_, first; hence,
_navipe_, and, also, next, until, presently. See _Gram._, p. 65.
=Na=, _v._ To know, to learn.
=Nabey=, _adv._ First.
=Nabeyah=, _v._ To be first.
=Naek=, _adv._ Although, but.
=Nano=, _v._ To receive more than another.
=Nanoh=, _adj._ Known, said; hence, _xa nanoh_, already known, aforesaid,
etc. From _na_, to know.
=Naval=, _n._ Knowledge, wisdom; especially occult knowledge, magic,
sorcery. See p. 46.
=Nicnic=, _v._ To quiver, to tremble.
=Nima=, _adj._ Great, _n._ A great thing.
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