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
=Va=, _part._ Here, now.
=Va=, _v._ To eat.
=Vach=, _n._ Face, visage, front; surface, superficies; brightness,
splendor; fruit, products, profits; power, dignity.
=Vachih=, _v._ To see with one’s own eyes; to have before one’s face.
=Vae=, _part._ This, this is, here is.
=Vapal=, _n._ The lintel of a door, the frame of a window, etc.
=Var=, _v._ To sleep.
=Vave=, _adv._ Here.
=Vay=, _n._ Bread, of any kind.
=Vayhal=, _n._ Hunger.
=Vi=, _n._ The head.
=Vi=, _part._ A correlative and instrumental particle. See _Gram._, p. 63.
=Vik=, _v._ To increase or add something; to ornament, to adorn; to
arrange, to set in order by adding to.
=Vinak=, _n._ Man, the human species; a people.
=Vinak chij=, _n._ Injury or misfortune; a legal term applied to certain
torts.
=Vuk=, _adj._ Seven.
=Xa=, _part._ But, only, etc. An antithetical particle, used in many
connections, as _xae_, _xa [c]a_, _xa ri [c]a_, _va xe re_, _xa [c]a_,
_xe re_, _xa ha_, all signify but, next, etc.
=Xah=, _v._ To move actively and cheerfully; hence, to dance; of a dog, to
wag his tail.
=Xahab=, _n._ Sandals, shoes, moccasins.
=Xahan=, _n._ Prohibition, abstention.
=Xahaneh=, _v._ To abstain from, to refrain.
=Xahpota [c]hi[c]h=, _n._ Body armor. (“Malla ô peto.” Varea).
=Xak=, _n._ 1. Leaf. 2. Dye, color, tint. See p. 204.
=Xambey=, _n._ One who follows another.
=Xambeyah=, _v._ To do something later than another, to follow, to come
after.
=Xane=, _v._ To strip, to uncover.
=Xaquere=, _adv._ But thus; see _Xa_.
=Xavi[c]a.= See Xa.[TN-42]
=Xax.= Particle of affirmation, an intensive.
=Xhayil=, _n._ A married woman, a wife. From _hay_, with the fem.
prefix--“the woman of the house.”
=Xim=, _v._ To tie, to bind onesself; to assume.
=Xiquin=, _n._ Ears.
=Xit=, _n._ The jade, the green stone (_piedra verde como torquesa._
Varea).
=Xivae=, _n._ A conch shell used as a horn.
=Xmier=, _adv._ Already, formerly; _xmierok_, before, previously.
=Xocon=, _n._ The left hand; _chu xocon_, on the left.
=Xoh=, _pron._ We.
=Xo[t]=, =Xo[c]oh=, _v._ To complain against one.
=Xo[c]h=, _n._ The owl; a malicious person.
=Xul=, _n._ A flute.
=Xule=, _v._ To descend, to go down.
=Xu[c]=, _n._ A net used by the Indians of the Sierra to catch birds.
=X[c]ul=, _n._ A kind of dance. See p. 45.
=Ya=, _v._ To give, to present.
=Yaar=, _v._ To spoil, waste, go to ruin.
=Yac=, _n._ To build a house; to contract for, ask for.
=Yala=, _v._ To surpass, become distinguished.
=Yaloh=, _v._ To delay, to remain.
=Yamalakin=, _v._ To give presents.
=Yamanic=, _n._ Precious stone.
=Yanabil=, _n._ Sickness, disease.
=Ybah=, _n._ The ancient site of a town; the hereditary home; the cement
of a house. From _ybil_, to ripen, to mature.
=Ye[t]=, _v._ To tread under foot, to detest, to hate.
=Ylon=, _v._ To overtake one (alcanzar á otro que va adelante. _Varea_).
=Yncheel=, _adv._ How, in what manner.
=Ynup=, _n._ The ceiba tree.
=Yoh=, _v._ To destroy, tear down.
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