Lesson 15: Vocabulary

Maya
English
-iʾixtakoʾ
certainly
-in
I
áaʾ
a-han
áakʾab
[at] night
áakʾabchaj
become night (completive)
áanil
anis
áanis
anis
ajáaj
an-hanh!
ajaj
anh-hanh
alquilar
hire [it]
antal
be, exist
autoridad municipal
municipal authority
bacerillas
rural festival
baile
dance
baile
dance
baileil
dance [of...]
bailes[il]
dances [of...]
bejlaʾ
today
bey túunoʾ
then
beyaʾ
then
beyiʾixtakoʾ
it's certain, it's so!
bíimaʾak
sure(ly)
bíin
be going to...
bin
they say
bueno
good
cada
each
chʾaʾabal
be gotten (incompletive)
chʾujuk
sweets, candy
chaʾ
let go of [it]; let [do] [it]; allow (to do) [it]
chilaʾan
be lying down
chilaj
lie down (completive)
chilak
lie down (subordinate)
chilikbal
be lying down
cobrart
collect [it] (money)
como
about
consistir
to consist of
contratar
contract for
corrida
bull-fight
corridas
bull-fights
cuatro
four
cuota
quota
de manera
so...
de repente
all of a sudden
dedicarmaj
have devoted
dedicar[tik]
devote [it] (incompletive)
departmento
department
dependiente
store clerk
dependienteil
as a store clerk
derecho
right
derechosil
rights (to it)
día veintesiete de diciembre
twenty-seventh day of December
diciembre
December
diez
ten
divertirt
amuse [him]
durante
while...
durar
last, endure
entonces
then...
epocas[il]
seasons [of...]
es que
so that
este
uh...
fanatismo
fanaticism
fiesta
festival
fiestas
festivals
formart
form [it]
forma[il]
form [of...]
gente
people
gobierno
government
gremillos
brotherhoods
grupos
groups
iglesia
church
j koonol
store clerk
j pay waakx[il]
bull-fighter [of...]
jaʾalibeyoʾ
even so
jaʾalij...(-eʾ)
let it be decided
jaats
part, on the one hand
jaatseʾ
part, on the one hand
jaj
hm-mh?
jeʾ...-oʾ
there...
jeʾe...-oʾ
there...
jeʾebix
that's the way...
jeʾelek
rest
joʾolil
person from Mérida
juuj
m-mh...
k
we
káʾ paʾay[al]
be re-fought (incompletive)
kaʾacheʾ
before
kaʾanak
(be) tired
káaltal
they get drunk
kajtalil
hamlet
kan
you will (subordinate and subordinating future particle)
kaxtbil
to be found
kén
will (subordinate and subordinating future particle)
kíʾ
sweet(ly)
kin
I will (subordinate and subordinating future particle)
koʾon
be sold (completive)
koʾonlajal
be all sold
kulukbal
be sitting
kún j tsʾaabil
he will be given
kún j...
he will (subordinate and subordinating future particle)
le k u...-eʾ
the one who...-s...
libre
free, not to be paid for
maʾan laʾaj[al]
be all bought (incompletive)
más biyen
rather
más iknal
whose place?
mases
for the most part
mayormente
for the most part
mejoras materialesiʾ
physical improvements of...
mestizas
mestizas
municipio
municipality
musicos
musicians
musicosil
as musicians
naturalmente
naturally
noches
nights
novena
novena
novenas
novenas
óokʾot
dance
óotsil
poor (fellow)
paʾatik
wait for [him] (incompletive)
paʾay[ak]
(that) [it] be fought
paʾay[al]
be fought (incompletive)
páat[ak]
(that) [it] (may) be possible
paax
celebrate
parte
part
partes...
[some] parts..., [other] parts
pay wakax
bull-fighting
permiso[il]
permission [of...]
pero
but
por ejemplo
for example
primero
first
promesa
promise
prometert[ik]
sell [it] at auction (incompletive)
rematart[ik]
sell [it] at auction (incompletive)
remate
auction
sámeak
a moment ago
santo
saint
según
so...
según
accordingly
seis
six
separar[tik]
separate it (incompletive)
yes
sociedad
society
sociedades
societies
solicitart[ik]
request [it] (incompletive)
soltero
bachelor, single
suʾutlaʾaj[al]
be all returned (incompletive)
suukjaʾan
customary
t u kaʾa teneʾ
for the second time again
t u láj año
next year
t u...
that one...
tʾaʾan
be called to...
tʾeelil
serenade
táan
will
tak
let it be..., ...even!
talak
come (subordinate)
téʾ jeʾembixeʾ
that's the way
teʾelaʾ
here
tej
there
tíʾ
in
tíʾ le áakʾabaʾ
tonight
tíʾ le kʾiin bejlaʾaʾ
today
tienda
store
toʾoneʾex
we all [including you (pl)]
tocar
happen
tresoria del estado
treasury of the state
u iglesia catolico
the Catholic Church
u kaʾa pʾéel
the second
u y óox pʾéel
the third
uʾul
arrive back
utilizart
use [it]
úuj
m-mh!
úum
m-m-m
veinte
twenty
veintesiete
twenty-seven
Virgen y Estrella
Virgin and Star
voluntad
voluntary
waʾalakbal
be standing
wakax
bull
weens[ej]
put [him] to sleep
wenek
sleep (subordinate)
x baʾaloʾob
feminine things, gals
x kanan kib
candle-woman
xuʾul[ul]
ends (incompletive)
y
and
yaʾab máax
lots of people
yan j kʾiin
sometimes
yan kʾiin
there are day(s), sometimes
[la] question...
it's the question of whether
[u] láak año
another year, next year
[u] téenel
[its] time(s)