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
=Nimah=, _v._ To make great, to adore.
=Nimal=, _n._ The elder brother; the head of a home.
=Ni[c]ah=, _n._ The middle, the center.
=Ni[c]ahal=, _n._ The middle parts of anything; the sexual parts,
etc[TN-37]
=Nu=, _pron._ My, mine.
=Oc=, _v._ To enter.
=Ochoch=, _n._ House. See p. 33.
=Ocox=, _n._ Fungus, of the edible variety.
=Oh=, _pron._ We.
=Oh=, _adv._ Sign of the imperative. _Oh a [c]ama pe lae queh_, Bring that
horse (Varea).
=Ohb=, _n._ A cough.
=Oher=, _adv._ Formerly, in ancient times.
=Ok=, _adv._ When; also the imperative particle.
=Okok=, _n._ Wild goose.
=Oqueçah=, _v._ To put something in something; hence, to put on one’s
clothes, to dress onesself. From _oc_, to enter. _Met._ to obey.
=Oro=, _v._ To bore, to pierce, to hollow out.
=Oxlahuh=, _adv._ Thirteen.
=Oyevar=, _v._ To become angry.
=Oyobeh=, _v._ To hope.
=O[t]=, _v._ To weep, to cry.
=O[t]eh=, _n._ A wail, a weeping. _v._ To bewail.
=Pa=, _prep._ In, to; _tan qui be pa huyu_, I am going to the
mountain[TN-38] _pa hay_, in the house. Before a vowel, _pan_ is used.
=Pac or Pacay=. The anona, the custard apple.
=Pacac=, _v._ To dawn.
=Pae=, _v._ To be on foot, to stand, to be at.
=Palah=, _v._ To annoy, to bother.
=Palouh=, _n._ The ocean, the sea; called also _nima ya_, the great water.
See p. 195.
=Patan=, _v._ Tribute, tax. See p. 39.
=Pax=, _v._ To break; to put to flight, to scatter.
=Paz=, _n._ Swathing bands; folding robes.
=Pe=, _v._ To come. Often used in a peculiar gerundive sense, as a verbal
particle. See _Gram._, p. 64.
=Pek=, _n._ The fruit tree called Pataxte (Guzman).
=Pixa=, _n._ Order, command, direction.
=Pixabah=, _v._ To order, to command.
=Po=, _v._ 1. To cry out loudly. 2. To be angry with some one.
=Pocob=, _n._ A shield. See p. 18.
=Poklah=, _n._ Dust.
=Pokon=, _n._ Trouble, pain.
=Pop=, _n._ A mat; _popoh_, a council. See p. 36.
=Poroh=, _v._ To burn, to set on fire.
=Poye=, _v._ To put[TN-39] one side, to neglect.
=Po[c]h=, _v._ To divide, to split.
=Puak or Puvak=, _n._ Silver; money, coin. See p. 19.
=Pub=, _n._ The blow-gun, p. 18.
=Puz=, _n._ Power, magic. See p. 46.
=Pu[t]=, _v._ To break up ground; to soak in water; to dissolve or to make
into dust. Hence, _n._ fire, dust.
=Que=, _pron._ They, used with absolute, passive and neuter verbs.
_Gram._, p. 47.
=Queh=, _n._ A deer.
=Quere=, _adv._ Thus, as, even so; _quere[c]a_, therefore; _querera_, as
this; _querelae_, as that.
=Qui=, _pron._ Those, their.
=Quichin=, _pron._ Of them.
=Quicot=, _v._ To rejoice, to delight in.
=Quir=, _v._ To unloose, untie.
=Qui[c]=, _n._ Blood.
=Rah=, _v._ To wish, _tivaho_, I wish; (absolute) _xraho_, he wished.
=Ramon=, _n._ A piece, a bit.
=Ramoneh=, _v._ To reduce to pieces, to overcome.
=Rax=, _adj._ Green, blue; precious, noble; renowned, famous.
=Raxah=, _n._ A tree, a species of plantain.
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