Lesson 17: Vocabulary
aʾalajnaj
tell (completive)
áabil
grandchild (either sex)
aaj
uh-h...
áaj
ah-h!
áakʾil
tender age
aalakʾ
domestic animal(s), stock
áantajnaj
helped(completive)
abuela
grandmother
abuelo
grandfather
aj
ah
ajaaj
a-h-anh...
algunos
some people
almorzar
have lunch or supper (subordinate)
almorzarn
have lunch or supper (subordinate)
almudes
almudes
andale
exactly so
anjij
there was
asi es que
so it is that...
baʾal
[some]thing
baʾalcheʾ
wild animal
baʾax meyjil
what work
baʾax meyjul
what work
baʾaxeʾ
so what?
bajun
so much, a lot
barato
cheap
beet favor
(if you) please
bix kaʾachij
how was it?
bueno
good
buk
how much?
bukaʾaj
how far?
chʾik[ik]
so [it] (incompletive)
chéen le jaaj
the fact is
chiiboj
goat(s)
chikʾin
east
chówakkiint
lengthen [it]
chuk
catch up with [it]
cronicar
become chronic
de manera que
so that
de por sí
absolutely, per se
de que...-oʾ
that's...
diez
ten
eej
uh-h...
éekʾjochʾeʾen(tal)
get dark
éekʾsameʾenchajal
get dusk
éekʾsameʾental
get dusk
ejidoil
uh-h..ejido (possessed form)
esalej
that's right!
favor
[a] favor
forma
form, sort
gracia
gratitude
híbrido
hybrid
hora[il]
[proper] time
huérfano
orphan
ich
(in)to
iis
yams
ilib
daughter-in-law
j kʾáax
[that of the] bush
j kimen y atan
such as, as far as
j taman
sheep
jaʾan
son-in-law
jaaj
an-anh...
jaant
eat [it]
jaykʾíint[ik]
sun [it] (incompletive)
jeʾebix
like
jo ch[ik]
harvest [it] (incompletive)
jooch
harvest
juʾucheʾtal
wind up low brush (incompletive)
júntart[ik]
gather [it] together
juun
alone, by oneself
juunal
alone, by oneself
kʾáax
jungle (-clearing)
kʾáax[ak]
(may) pour
kʾéekʾen
pig(s)
kʾeyem
pozole (corn gruel)
kʾiin
day, sun
kʾuʾum
nixtamal (corn dough)
kʾúum
squash
kaʾach
(it) was
kaʾach(ij)
used to
kaʾacheʾ
before...
kaʾachi(j) le yaan
it's been a long time since...
kaʾamama
grandmother
kaʾan
tired
kaʾapapa
grandfather
kaasij
almost
kabacheʾ
low brush
kajtalil
hamlet
kilometro
kilometer
kilometros
kilometers
kilos
kilograms
kimen
dead
laʾab[al]
be (incompletive)
láiliʾeʾ
always
láj
all
lak
container
lakʾin
west
le...
when...
leek
container
ligas
leagues
logrart
achieve [it]
lugar
place, region
luuch
container, gourd
maʾalobtak
the good ones
máak
one
macal
macal (tuber)
mach
it doesn't...
más que
more than
mases
principally
media
half
mejor dicho
or rather, that is to say
menos
less
modo
way, means
muut
almud
necesidad
need
neekʾ
seed
no más
no more, no other
no más que
no other than
nojchaj[ak]
[may] enlarge
nojol
south, southern
nookʾ
clothes
núukil
answer
núuk[ik]
answer [it] (incompletive)
obligart[ik]
oblige, compel (incompletive)
ocho
eight
ojéelt
find [it] out
pʾóok
hat
pʾúul
container
paal
boy, son
paalal
children, sons
pero baʾaxeʾ
but, be that as it may
poco más
a little more
poco más que
a little more than
pos
so...
preparar(t)[ik]
prepare [it]
principal
principally
puerto
port
pukʾ
dissolve [it]
sandía
watermelon
semilla
seed
señor
mister
sí
yes
suuk
be accustomed
t a juun
by yourself
t a juunal
by yourself
t u y oʾolal
on account of
tʾíil[il]
drag on (incompletive)
taanileʾ
ahead
táantik
it has just
taasaʾab
it was brought
teʾ...oʾ
to...
tereno
plot of ground
tiij
dry (intransitive)
tsʾaʾakal
be cured (incompletive)
tsʾíim
yucca
tsʾoʾok
finish
tséent
feed [it]
tsikbalil
chatting
tuʾubul
get forgotten
tuʾux
what (place)?
túumben
new
u forma[il]
the form of...
u modo[il]
the way of...
ujuuj
m-hmh...
wá baʾax meyjil
what work?
wá uchak
if perhaps, if [you care] to
wáaj
perhaps
wáaj
whether
wáj
...is...?
wakax
cow(s)
way yan...-eʾ
be here
wáy...-eʾ
there
ween
sleep (completive)
wiʾijil
hunger
wíinik
man
x chʾúupalal
girls
x kimen y íicham
widow
xaʾakʾt
mix [it]
xaman
north
xuʾupul
run out, be expended
xuul
end, maximum
yáax un pʾéeleʾ
as a first thing
yeelil
burnt part (possessed form)
yerno
son-in-law
yiʾinjij
seed