waaj

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Yucatec Maya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *waaj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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waaj (plural waajoʼob)

  1. tortilla
  2. bread

Usage notes

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This word is almost never pluralized.

References

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  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 242:WAAJ
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 905:WAH
  • Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 185:Pan. Uah.
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 81:waah