Lesson 18: Vocabulary

Maya
English
ʾoʾol
account
ʾoks
make enter
ʾooj
oh-h...
ʾóot
want, desire
aaj
a-ah
áaj
m-mh...
aaj béey
so that's it?
aaj bey
so that's it?
aajaʾaj
anh hanh...
aajaj
ah-h-hanh...
aceptart
accept
adorart
worship [it]
ajáaj
m-hmh...
ajaj
un-hunh!
ajaj
ah-hanh
ajajajaaj
ah-hanh...
albañil
mason
améema
finding oneself
anil
finding oneself
asi es que
so...
aswela
adze
autoridad
authority
autoridadil
authority for...
autorizart
authorize
autorizart
authorize
baʾax de
of what?
bailes
dances
batella
scrub basin
batería
battery
beʾoritas
right now
bendecirt
bless [it]
bijaʾan
[he's] gone
bixij
"like"
boladores
fire crackers
bukaʾaj
how many?
cada
every one
calcular(t)[ik]
figure [it] (incompletive)
calculo
estimate
carnaval
carnival
carpintería
carpentry
castigart
punish [him]
castigo
punishment
chich
hard
chiinchimpoolil
on his head
ciento
one hundred
claro
clear
clasula
(legal) clause
cobrart
collect [it] (money)
comercial
commercial
como
since
como que...
since...
comparación
comparison
constantemente
constantly
constitución
constitution
corridasil
bull-fights for...
de
of..., run by...
de batería
battery run
de que
that...
debe ser
should be
dificultad
difficulty
ej
uh...
ejajaʾ
ah-hun-hun
es
that means...
es que
so...
esale
that's it!
escuadra
(carpenter's) square
estandartes
flags
familia
family
familiares
members of the family
fiestas religiosas
religious festivals
formail
way in which...
formal
formal
formas
ways
formasil
ways to...
generación
generation
gremio
brotherhood
gremios
brotherhoods
idolo
idol
iglesia
church
iicham
husband
imágenes
images
impuesto
tax
impuestoil
tax on...
ingreso
income
j calles
street(s)
j iglesia
church
j kʾáax
clearing jungle
jaʾ
jan'...
jaʾalij unicoʾ
it's unique
jaʾatsʾ[al]
be beaten (incompletive)
jaaaaj
hm-m-mh!
jaaj
haanh
jáaj
ah-h!
jáaj
haanh
jáaj
m-mh!...
jaatsʾ
beat
jáij
oh!
jaj
hanh..
jajil dios
the true god
jatsʾ[ik]
beat [it] (incompletive)
jéʾ baʾax
any kinda of...
jéʾ k in bix...
in this situation in which
jeʾel
other
jeʾembix...-eʾ
that's the way...
jeʾexeʾ...-oʾ
like that
jéel
another
jolchʾeʾen
dig wells
juʾ
hm'mh!
juʾuj
hm'mh
jujuj
m-hmh...
juuj
hmh!
juuj
hmh...
júuj
m-mh
júuj
m-mh
júuj
h-m-mh...
júuj
m-mh!
júuj
m-mh?
juujúuj
m-m-h-m-mh...
kʾaʾabet
need
kʾeʾexel
be changed
kʾiin kʾuj
day of worship
kʾubem
entrusted
kʾult
worship
kʾulta
act of worship
ka
so that...
káʾ
and so...
kaʾ aʾ[ik]
say [it] again
kaʾ jaʾatsʾal
be beaten again
kaʾ okol
enter again
káʾ...-eʾ
when...
kaʾabuela
great grandmother
káaj[ak]
start (subordinate)
káaj[al]
begin(incompletive)
kajlak
have lived
kajtal
settlement, town
ken sabe
who knows?
kíimik
...died (conjunct?)
ko(o)t
stone fence
la una
one o'clock
le beʾoritasaʾ
just now
le...
what
leloʾ tíʾoʾobeʾ
they
ligas
leagues
logrart
acquires
loolil
flower(s) for...
loox
fight
lox[ik]
hit
no
máquina
machine
más o menos
more or less
misajil
mass for...
municipio
municipality
negocio
business
nojochtal
get large (incompletive)
nuʾukul
tool
numero
number
nuuktak
grown up
nuuktal
grow up
pʾáat
stayed (completive)
pʾaat(a)lil
remaining
paʾteʾ
inclusive
páajtalil
power
páatchajak
may be possible to...
pakʾ
making walls
póolcheʾ
work wood
por que
because
presupuestosil
budgetary
principalmente
principally, chiefly
prohibirt
prohibit
que
that's work
question
question
regalito
small present
regalo
present
rehirt
control [it]
resar
prayer(s)
Santa Cruz
Holy Cross
santiguar
curing
santo
saint
separar
separate (from)
sepillart
plane [it]
sepillo
plane
yes..., yes!
solar
(garden) patch, yard
suficiente
enough
suukjaʾan
customary
t ʾéetel
with us
t u meen
because..., ...you see
tʾíil
dragged on (completive)
taasmaj
has brought
taatichoʾob
gods of the forest
tabla
board
tan pronto
as soon as
terreno
ground
tíʾ leloʾ
there
tíʾ oʾ
it's that which..., it's what...
tiempos
time
tolajkiakeʾ
the other day what...
trece
thirteen
tuuk[ul]
think (incompletive)
u bin tíʾaʾal
...to... (in telling time)
u jjuj
unh-hunh
u kʾaan am
cob web
u yam año
during the year
uʾuʾuuj
m-m-m-mh...
uch
for some time
uchuk
long ago
ujuj
uh-huh!
ujuj
uh-hunh!
ujuj
m-hmh...
ujuj
m-hmh...
újuuj
m-hmh!...
ujuujuʾ
m-hm-m-hm!
unicamente
only
unico
unique, only
uuchben
former
uuchik...-eʾ
when it happened that
úuj
m-mh?
uujuj
m-hmh...
úujuj
m-hmh...
úujuj
m-m-hmh!...
valor
value
wá anjij
if there is...
wá máʾeʾ
if not...
waʾakʾal
explode
waʾakúuns
stand [it] up
xíimbans
walk [it] through
xolkíins
make [him] kneel
xolkint
make [him] kneel
y ét
from...
y jaj
you mean?
yaajchaj
was painful
yaajkumaj
love
yaanal meyaj
different work
yanchaj
was painful
yuum
god
yuumtsíil
(revered) gods