The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
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The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
Maya language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Maya language -- Texts; Mayas -- Antiquities; Mayas -- History
Chul, n. A flute.
Chulub, n. Rain water; reservoirs.
Chun, n. Foundation; trunk (of a tree); beginning; cause.
Chunbezah, v. To cause, to occasion, to begin.
Chunthan, n. (From _chun_, first, _than_; speech, he who speaks first.)
A principal, a presiding officer.
Cħ
Cħaa, _or_ Cħtaab, v. aor. _cħaah_, fut. _chaé_.
1. To take, to carry; to carry off; hence to kill.
2. To recover that which is lost.
Cħahucil or[TN-44] Cħuhucil, n. Sweets.
Cħeen, n. Lowland; well. pp. 33, 125.
Cħibal, n. Lineage, generation.
Cħuplal, n. Woman, girl.
Cħuytab, v. To hang.
E
Et, A particle indicating similitude. As a verb, to hold alike in the
two hands. Hence,
_eta_, friend;
_etel_, companion;
_etan_, wife;
_etcah_, fellow townsman;
_yetel_, and, with, etc.
Ez, n. Enchanter, sorcerer.
Ezah, v. To show, to make public; to imitate, feign.
_Ezabil_, what is to be or should be shown or published.
H
Haa, n. Water.
Haab, n. Year. p. 50.
Haban, n. Branch, twig. p. 126.
Hach, adv. Much, very.
Hahal, adj. and adv. True, truly.
Halach, adj, and n. True, truth;
_halach than_, an oath;
_halach uinic_. p. 26.
Halal, n. The cane.
Hanal, v. aor. _hani_, fut. _hanac_. To eat.
Haual, v. aor. _haui_, fut. _hauac_. To cease, to stop.
Hayal, v. To level with the ground, to destroy; from _hay_, thin, flat;
hence
_hayalcab_, the final end and destruction of the world.
Heɔ _or_ Eɔ, v. aor. _ah_, fut. _é_. To fix firmly, to establish, to
found; to select a site.
Heɔcab, v. To fix or establish promptly; "poner ó afirmar ó asentar de
presto alguna cosa que quede ferme." _Dicc. Motul._
Hicħcal, v. To tie up by the neck, to hang.
Hiɔ _or_ Hiɔil, n. The close or last of the week, month, or year, as _u
hiɔil buluc ahau katun_, the last day of the eleventh Ahau katun.
_Chilan Balam._
Ho, adj. Five.
Hokol, v. aor. _hoki_. To set out for, to go out from; of seeds, to
sprout; of the beard, etc., to begin to grow.
Hokzahuba, v. To take oneself away from.
Hol, n. The end of anything, hence the door of a house, the gate of a
town, the mouth of a bag or jar, a hole, an aperture;
verb, sensu obscœno, to seduce a girl, to penetrate her. _Dicc. Motul._
Holcan, n. A warrior;
adj. brave, valiant.
Holhaa, n. A seaport. See _haa_.
Holpay, n. A seaport. See _pay_.
Holpop, n. A chieftain (from _hol_ and _pop_, mat); "he who is at the
end or head of the mat."
Hom, n. A trumpet.
Hoppol, v. To begin.
Hun, adj. One.
Hunakbu, n. The one God.
Hunkul, adv. Once and forever, really, permanently.
Hunmol, adj. United together, congregated in one place[TN-45]
Hunten, adv. On one occasion, at one time.
Huun, n. A book. p. 63.
I.
Ich, n.
1. Face; eyes; twins; surface.
2. Fruit; longing; color.
Ich, prep. In, into, within.
Ilah v. aor. _ilah_, fut. _ilé_.[TN-46] or _ilab_. To see, to look at, to
visit, to test, to try.
Ix, fem. prefix. See page 28;
conj. and also n. urine.
Ixim, n. Maize.
Ixmehen, n. A daughter.
K.
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