ch'am

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Epigraphic Mayan[edit]

Verb[edit]

ch'am

  1. to receive

Yola[edit]

Contraction[edit]

ch'am

  1. Alternative form of 'cham
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
      Ch'am a stouk, an a donel; wou'll leigh out ee dey.
      I am a fool and a dunce; we'll idle out the day.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84

Yucatec Maya[edit]

Noun[edit]

ch'am

  1. penguin (Bromelia pinguin)