Lesson 8: Vocabulary

Maya
English
-eʾex
you (pl) [are]
-ech
you [are]
-en
I [am]
-oʾon
we [are]
americano
American
americanos
Americans
amigo
friend
años
years
baʾaleʾ
[the] thing [is]...
baʾax kʾiin
what day? when?
baʾax oʾolal
for what reason? why?
baʾax ten
why (indeed)?
beʾooráaeʾ
as for now, now...
bejil
road, way (possessed form)
bey(...-)oʾ
so...then
días
days
dos
two
hora
hour
ichil
in
j koolnáal
peasant farmer
jay pʾéel kʾíin
how many days? How long?
jeʾ waleʾ
it may be
jeʾelaʾ
this...here
joʾ
Mérida
jóokʾ[ol]
leave (incompletive)
kʾiin
day(s)
kʾuch[ul]
arrive (incompletive)
kaxt[ik]
find [it] (incompletive)
ken sá bixij
who knows?
kexiʾeʾ
I wish...
le...jeʾelaʾ
this...here
le...oʾ
which
le...teʾeloʾ
that....[over] there
letiʾ...
that...
luʾum
land
lúub
league
máʾ xaaniʾ
perhaps
maʾa tech
no, indeed!
más tiʾ
more than...
meent[ej]
do [it] (subordinate) (terminal)
mes
month
míin
I believe
náach
far
naatsʾ
near
noʾoj
right
oʾolal
reason
pʾáat[al]
stay (incompletive)
páajtal
be possible (incompletive)
petojil
[native] of Peto
pisteʾil
[native] of Piste
puro
solely
saʾates
forgive [him] (imperative), excuse [him]
sakiʾ
Valladolid
seis
six
suuktal
get accustomed (incompletive)
suut
go back(incompletive)
t
on
t
to our
t joʾ
in Mérida
t u meen
because
t u y oʾolal
for that reason, because
táʾitak
almost
taat
sir
teʾeloʾ
[over] there
tíʾ
than
tíʾ oʾolal
reason
tóojkabileʾ
as a matter of fact...
tres
three
tsʾeʾetsʾek
a few
tsʾíik
left
waleʾ
perhaps
way(...-)eʾ
here
wayeʾ
[from] here
wayil(...-)eʾ
[native] of here
x noʾoj
right
x tsʾíik
left
xíimbalil
[by] walking
xikin
ear
yanakeʾex
you (pl) have been
yanakoʾon
we have been
yucatanil
[native] of Yucatan