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
Kaan, n. A measure. p. 27.
Kab, n. The hand, the arm.
Kaba, n. A name. See p. 26.
Kabanzah, v. To give a name.
Kah, n. Pinole, meal of roasted maize, used for stirring in water
to drink.
Kahal, v. To remember, recall.
Kahlay, n. Memory, memorial, record.
Kak, n. Fire; also a febrile disease.
Kaknab, n. The sea, the ocean.
Kal, n. A score. p. 39;
verb, to imprison.
Kam _or_ Kamah, v. To accept, receive; to take possession of.
Kan, adj. Yellow.
n. The name of the first day of the Maya month.
Kat, v. To wish, to desire. To ask, to ask for, to inquire.
Katun, n. A body of warriors; a period of time. p. 58.
Kax, n. Forest, woods.
Kaxah, v. To join, unite, tie together.
Kay _or_ Kayah, v. To sing.
Keban, n. Sin, evil.
Kebanthan, v. To plot evil, to calumniate; to commit treason;
"kebanthanil, traicion." _Dicc. Motul._
Kilacale, n. Ancestors.
Kin, n. The sun; a day; time.
Kinchil. A numeral. p. 46.
Koch _or_ Kooch, v. To carry on the shoulders as a burden,
hence, _fig._ n. obligation, fault, sickness.
Kohan, n. Sickness.
Ku, n. God, divinity.
Kubulte, n. Delivery, deposit.
Kuchul, v. aor. _kuchi_, fut. _kuchuc_. To arrive, to come to.
Kul, in comp. much, very; _kulvinic_. pp. 133, 164.
Kuna, n. (From _ku_, god, _na_, house). A temple, a church.
Kuuch, n. Cotton threads.
Kuxil, n. Aversion, disgust, annoyance;
verb, to feel disgust at.
Kuyan, adj. Consecrated to God, holy.
L
Lahal, v. To finish, to end.
Lahca. Twelve.
Lahun. Ten. p. 38.
Lai _or_ Lay, rel. and dem. pron. This, that, these, those, which, what,
etc.
Lak, n. Companion, neighbor.
Lic _or_ Licil, rel. In which, by which.
Likil, v. To rise, to raise; as _likil katun_, to begin war.
Likin _or_ Lakin, n. The East.
Likul, prep. From, out of.
Likzah, v. To lift up, to raise; _likzahuba_, to raise oneself.
Loh, v. To redeem, to set at liberty.
Lohil, n. The Redeemer, the Saviour.
Lukanil, n. That which is set apart or separated.
Lukul, v. aor. _luki_, fut. _lukuc_. To leave a place, to depart from,
go out of.
Lukzah, v. To free, to separate from; _lukzahuba_, to quit, to abstain
from.
M
Ma, adv. No, not. From this are the negatives, _matan_, not, emphatic;
_mato_, _matac_, _maina_, not even; _maix_, _matla_, neither; _mamac_,
no one; _manan_, without, etc.
Mac, rel. pron. Who.
Maccah, v. To obstruct, close up roads, etc.
Hence _macan_ p. p. p. that which is obstructed.
Mach, v. aor. _ah_, fut. _é_. To take with the hand, to hold in the
hand.
Mactzil, adj. Marvelous, miraculous; n. a miracle, an act of Providence.
(From _mac_, most, and _tzibil_, to be obeyed or reverenced.)
Mak, v. To eat soft things, to eat without chewing.
Mal _or_ Malel, v. aor. _mani_, fut. _manac_. To pass.
Manak, n. A sign or mark.
Manal, adv. Too much, in excess.
Manbal, adv. Nothing.
Mat, v. To receive, obtain.
Maya, n. Derivation of. p. 16.
Mayacimil, n. The pestilence. p. 132.
Mazcab, n. A prison, gaol.
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