| A
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| accompany | (v) it-
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| accumulate (v) | tz'ak-
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| add (v) | tz'ak-
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| after | chan; pat
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| again | cha', ka'
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| already | xa'
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| amidst | tan
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| ancestor | mam
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| ant | sayul
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| appease (v) | tim-
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| arm | k'ab
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| armadillo | ibach
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| arrive (v) | hul-, ul-
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| artisan | chuwen
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| ashen-grey | kob
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| at | ta, ti, tu
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| atole | sa', sak ha', ul
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| auditor | kokom
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| avocado | uniw
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| awaken (v) | ah-, aj-
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| B
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| back (n) | pat
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| ballcourt | alaw, jalab, jalaw
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| ballgame | pitz
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| ballplayer | pitzil
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| ballplaying | pitzil
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| banner | lakam
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| bark | hun
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| barracuda | chil kayul
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| basket | chach
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| bat | sutz'
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| bathe (v) | at(i)-, ichki(l)-
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| be born (v) | siy-
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| bead | uh, uhaj
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| bean | bul
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| bee | chab, kab
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| beehive | chab, kab
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| beetle | kukul
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| before (in front of) | tan
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| being | ba', bah, bahah, bahis
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| belly | tan
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| beloved | hun tan, jun tan
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| bench | k'an
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| bench stone | k'an tun
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| bethroth (v) | mak-
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| bind (v) | k'al-
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| bird | chikul, mut
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| bird of prey | pip
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| bitter | ch'ah
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| black | ik'
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| blue | yax
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| bone | bak
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| book | hun
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| boss | yum
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| bowl (clay bowl) | jay
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| bowl (for washing) | pokol
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| box | mab
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| bread | waj
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| break (v) | koj-, k'as-
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| brick | lak
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| bridge | pepem
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| brother (older) | sakun winik
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| brother (younger) | itz'in winik
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| brush pen | cheb
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| build (v) | pat-
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| bullrush | puj
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| bundle | ekatz, ikatz, ikitz
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| burden | kuch
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| burn (v) | el-, pul-, tok-
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| burial | mukil
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| burial place | muk nal
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| bury (v) | muk-
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| C
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| cacao | kakaw
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| cache | mab
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| calabash | lekul
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| canoe | jukub
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| canyon | yokib
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| capstone | mak
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| captive | bak
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| capture (v) | bak-, chuk-
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| capture (n) | chukyah
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| carry (v) | kuch-
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| carver (?) | anab
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| carving | uxul
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| cattail reed | puj
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| cave | ch'en
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| center | tan
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| centipede | chapat, wak
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| change (v) | jel-
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| cherished | hun tan, jun tan
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| chest | tan
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| child (of father) | mijin, unen
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| child (of mother) | al
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| child (of parent) | ubahil uch'ab, usihil uch'ab, usihil uchit uch'ab
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| choose (v) | pach-
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| claw | ich'ak
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| clay | tz'ikul
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| clothes | buk
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| cloud | muyal, tok
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| collar | uh, uhaj
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| coati | chik, tz'utz'ih
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| come (v) | tal-
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| come down (v) | tz'ay-
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| come out, debut (v) | joy-
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| companion | atan
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| completion | k'al
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| conch-shell | juch
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| conjure (v) | chun-, tzak-
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| conquer (v) | nak-
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| copal | pom
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| cotinga | yaxun
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| count | xok
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| counterpart | nupul
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| cover | mak
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| cover (v) | but'-, mak- , tut-
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| create (v) | ch'ab-, kob-
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| creation | ch'ab
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| creature | bakul
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| crocodile | ahin
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| crown | met
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| cut (v) | ch'ak-
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| cylinder | bub
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| cylindrical | bubul
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| D
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| dance (v) | ak'taj-
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| dawn | ahal, pasaj
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| day | k'in
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| decapitate (v) | ch'ak-
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| deer | chih, chij, kej, may, sipul
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| descend (v) | em-
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| descend | emal
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| deposit (v) | k'ub-
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| die (v) | cham-
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| dig (v) | pan-
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| diminish (v) | k'a'-
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| dish | lak
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| dissipate (v) | k'a'-
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| dog | ok, tzul, tz'i'
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| doorway | jol
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| dove | mukuy, ukum
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| dress (v) | buk-
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| drill (v) | joch'-
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| drink (v) | uk'-
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| drinking vessel | uk'ib
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| drought | k'intun
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| duck | mat, mataw
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| dwarf | ch'at, mas
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| E
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| earflare | tup, tupaj
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| earlier (today) | sa'miy
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| earth | chab, kab, lum
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| east | elk'in, lak'in
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| eat (v) | k'ux-
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| eat (bread-like foods) (v) | we'-
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| eat (soft food) | mak'-
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| eating-instrument | we'em, we'ib
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| eight | waxak
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| eighteen | waxak lajun
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| eleven | buluk
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| emergent | ch'ok
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| enclosure | k'al
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| end (v) | tzutz-
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| enter (v) | ek-, och-, ok-
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| erect (v) | wa'-
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| extend (a weave) (v) | sin-
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| extinguish (v) | tap-
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| F
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| face | wut
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| familiar | nupul
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| familiar | way, wayis, wayaw
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| fan | wal
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| far | nach
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| fat | bay
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| father | yum
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| fiery | k'ak'al
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| fifteen | ho' lajun
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| fill (v) | yip-
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| fire | k'ak', k'ak'is
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| fire place | k'ak' nal
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| first | bah, nah, yax
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| fish | chay, kay
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| fisherman | kayom
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| five | ho'
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| flatuent | tis
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| flint | tok'
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| flower | sijom, yatik
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| foam | om
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| food | we'
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| foot | ok
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| form (v) | pak'-, pat-
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| four | chan, kan
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| fourteen | chan lajun, kan lajun
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| fox | ch'amak
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| frame (wooden) | ch'ak te'
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| fresh | tzihil
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| G
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| gift | mayij, sih, sihaj
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| give (v) | ak'-
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| glyph | wojol
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| go (v) | bix-
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| goblin | ch'at, mas
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| god | k'uh
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| good | utz
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| goodness | utzil
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| gopher | bah
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| gorge | yokib
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| grandfather (maternal) | mam
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| grandmother (maternal) | mim
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| grandson | mam
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| grab (v) | mach-, tzak-
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| grasp (v) | ch'am-, k'am-
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| great | chak, lakam, nah
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| green | yax
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| grind (v) | k'ux-
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| guardian | chanan
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| guide (v) | pay-
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| guide | aj pay
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| H
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| hand | k'ab, k'abis
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| happen (v) | ut-
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| he | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
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| head | bah, jol, jolom
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| headband | hun
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| headdress | ko'haw, pixom
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| heart | ol, olis
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| helmet | ko'haw
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| her | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
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| here | way
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| heron | bak, ichiw
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| hill | witz
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| his | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
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| hit (v) | koj-
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| hoist (v) | pak'-, tz'ap-
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| home (dwelling) | atot, otoch, otot
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| honey | chab, kab
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| house (structure) | na', nah
|
| howler monkey | batz'ul, batz'
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| humming bird | tz'unun
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| hunchback | ch'at, mas
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|
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| I
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| I | in- (Postclassic Yucatec), ni- (Classic Maya), -en
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| iguana | huj
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| image | bah, bahaj, bahis
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| in | ichil, tan, ta, ti, tu
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| incense | ch'ah, ch'aj, pom
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| incensario | sak lak, sak lak tun
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| incised (object) | jach
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| insert (v) | ek-
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| intermediary | nun
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| intestines | puch
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| invert (v) | pak-
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| island | peten
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| it | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
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| its | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
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| J
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| jaguar | balam, hix, hix balam
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| javelin | jul
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| jewel | k'an
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| join (v) | nup-
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| K
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| kiln | chitin, pib nah
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| king | ajaw
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| kingship | ajawlil, ajawlel
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| kinkajou | k'an max
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| knot | mok
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| L
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| lady | ix, ixik
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| lagoon | ak'al
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| lake | nab
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| large | nah
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| lark | sak chikul
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| last | wi'il
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| later | pat
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| leaf-cutter ant | xu'
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| lid | mak
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| lie down (v) | ham-
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| lightning | chahuk
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| lineage | olom
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| lintel | pakab
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| litter | ch'ak te'
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| learned man | itz'at, matz, miyatz
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| load | ekatz, ikatz, ikitz, kuch
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| loom | chuch
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| lord | ajaw
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| lordship | ajawlil, ajawlel
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| M
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| macaw | mo'
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| make round (v) | pet-, wol-
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| man | winak, winik
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| many | balun, on, ux
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| marsh | ak'al
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| mask | k'oh
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| mat | pop
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| may flower | nich te'
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| meal | wi'il
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| mountain | witz
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| mouth | kal, ti'
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| much | on
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| my | ni- (Classic Maya)
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| N
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| name | k'aba'
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| necklace | uh, uhaj
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| needle (for sowing) | putz'
|
| nest | met
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| night | ak'ab
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| nine | balun, bolon
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| nineteen | balun lajun, bolon lajun
|
| noose | le'
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| nose | ni'
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| north | xaman
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| no, not | ma', machaj, mih
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| nothing ("zero") | mih
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| now | yuwal
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| O
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| obsidian | taj
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| occur (v) | ut-
|
| ocean | k'ak' nab, palaw
|
| offer (v) | k'ub-
|
| offering | mayih, mayij, sih
|
| offering (of grace) | matan
|
| omen | mut
|
| one | jun
|
| open (v) | ham-, pas-
|
| opossum | pay, uch
|
| our | ka-
|
| oven | chitin, pibnah
|
| owl | kuh, kuy
|
|
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| P
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| paint (v) | tz'ib-
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| painting | tz'ibil, tz'ibal
|
| panel | eklib
|
| paper | hun
|
| parrot | op
|
| part | tzuk
|
| partition | tzuk
|
| partner | atan
|
| patron | kit, yum
|
| pavement | bih tun
|
| payment | tojol
|
| peccary | chitam
|
| pedestal | okib
|
| peel (v) | sus-
|
| penis | ach, at
|
| perforate (v) | joch'-, jul-
|
| perforator | jul
|
| period of twenty days | winik, winal
|
| period of twenty years | winak hab
|
| period of 400 years | pik
|
| person | -aj, mak, nal, winik
|
| pigeon | mukuy, ukum
|
| pile up (v) | witzaj-
|
| pillar | yokman
|
| pine | taj
|
| place | -il, -nal, -nib
|
| place (of abundance of) | -al
|
| place (v) (1) | tek'-
|
| place (v) (2) | ek-
|
| plant (v) | pak'-, tz'ap-
|
| plaster | luk', sas
|
| plaster (v) | tak'-
|
| plate | lak, jawante'
|
| platform | kun
|
| play ball (v) | pitzaj-
|
| "plural" | -ob, -tak
|
| point | ni'
|
| polish (v) | yul-
|
| pool | nab
|
| pool (v) | nabaj-
|
| portrait | winbah
|
| precious | k'an
|
| priest | aj k'in
|
| privilege | matan
|
| prognostication | chich
|
| province | peten, tzuk
|
| pulque | chih
|
| puma | koj, chak balam
|
| pure | sak, sujuy
|
| put (heads together) (v) | nuch- jol
|
|
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| Q
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|
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| quarters (room) | k'al, way
|
| quetzal | k'uk'
|
| quill/reed/bamboo pen | cheb
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|
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| R
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|
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| rabbit | t'ul
|
| rain | chak, ha'al
|
| rainbow | chel
|
| rain deity | chak
|
| rat | ch'oh
|
| receive (v) | ch'am-, k'am-
|
| red | chak
|
| renovate (v) | tut-
|
| replace (v) | jel-
|
| resplendent | sak
|
| rest (v) | hil-
|
| reveal (v) | na'-
|
| ring (of stone) | chikin tun
|
| ritual interpreter | chijlam, chilan
|
| ritual | speaker nun
|
| road | bih, sak bih
|
| robin | tot
|
| room | k'al, way
|
| root | wi'
|
| round object | wol
|
| ruler | ajaw
|
| rulership | ajawlil, ajawlel
|
|
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| S
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|
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| sacred ("god-like") | k'uhul
|
| sage | itz'at, matz, miyatz
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| say (v) | al-, che'-
|
| scatter (v) | chok-
|
| scatter (fire) (v) | puk-
|
| scorpion | sinan
|
| sculpture | uxul
|
| season | k'in
|
| seat | chumib, k'an te', tz'am
|
| see (v) | il-
|
| seize (v) | bak-, chuk-
|
| self | bah, bahaj, bahis
|
| servant | habtal, winak
|
| service | patan
|
| serpent | chan, kan, kanul
|
| set up (v) | wa'-
|
| seven | huk, wuk
|
| seventeen | huk lajun, wuk lajun
|
| shape (v) | pat-
|
| shake (v) | yuk-
|
| shark | xok
|
| she | u- (preconsonantal), y- (prevocalic)
|
| shield | pakal
|
| shoot (v) | jul-
|
| shrine | wayib
|
| sing (v) | k'ay-
|
| singer | k'ayom
|
| sit | buch'-, chum-
|
| six | wak
|
| sixteen | wak lajun
|
| skirt | pik
|
| skull | bak, jol, jolom
|
| sky | chan, kan
|
| sleep (v) | way-
|
| smoke | butz'
|
| soil | lum
|
| south | nohol
|
| sparrow-hawk | muwan
|
| spear (n) | jul
|
| spear (v) | jul-
|
| spider monkey | max
|
| spirit companion | way, wayis, wayaw
|
| split (v) | jatz'-
|
| soot | abak, sabak, yabak
|
| spring (water source) | ch'en
|
| stack | latzil
|
| stack (v) | tz'ak-
|
| staircase | eb
|
| star | ek'
|
| stela ("big, great stone") | lakam tun
|
| stir (fire) (v) | til-
|
| stoke (v) | jop-
|
| stomach | tan
|
| stone | tun, tunich
|
| stream | pa'
|
| strong one | kelem
|
| stucco | luk', sas
|
| sun | k'in
|
| supervise (v) | kab-
|
| surface (for writing) | jich
|
|
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| T
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|
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| tail | neh
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| take (v) | ch'am-, k'am-
|
| tapir | til
|
| ten | lajun
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| terminate (v) | tzutz-
|
| then | ka'
|
| thirteen | ox lajun, ux lajun
|
| three | ox, ux
|
| throne | tem, tz'am
|
| throw (v) | chok-
|
| tie (v) | kach-
|
| tie (traps) (v) | joy-
|
| tip | ni'
|
| to | ta, ti, tu
|
| toad | aj much, amal
|
| tobacco | k'utz
|
| torch | taj
|
| transform (v) | way-
|
| trap (v) | joy-
|
| tree | che', te'
|
| tribute | patan, tojol
|
| tribute cloth | ub te'
|
| turkey | ak'ach, kutz, ulum
|
| turn over (v) | pak-
|
| turtle | akul, ak
|
| twelve | laj cha', laj ka'
|
| twenty | winak
|
| two | cha', ka'
|
|
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| V
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|
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| venerate | tzik-
|
| vulture | k'uch, usij, us
|
|
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| W
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|
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| wall | kot
|
| want (v) | k'at-
|
| wash (v) | pok-
|
| water | a', ha'
|
| weave (v) | chuy-, jal-
|
| weaving | jalab
|
| well | ch'en
|
| west | chik'in, ochk'in
|
| white | sak
|
| wide | lakam
|
| wife | atan
|
| wise man | itz'at
|
| with (1) | ta, ti, tu
|
| with (2) (in the presence of) | ichnal
|
| within | ichil, mal, wal
|
| work (together) (v) | et-
|
| worship (v) | k'uh-
|
| wound (v) | jatz'-
|
| wrap (v) | k'al-
|
| wrap up (v) | wol-
write (v) tz'ib-
|
| writing | tz'ibil, tz'ibal
|
|
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| Y
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|
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| year | hab
|
| yellow | k'an
|
| you | a- (preconsonantal), aw- (prevocalic)
|
| young | ch'ok
|
| your | a- (preconsonantal), aw- (prevocalic)
|
| youth | bakul, ch'ok
|
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| Z
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| zarigüella | uch
|
| zopilote | k'uch, usij, us
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