jaʼ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Akatek

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Susanne Schüle, Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language, citing Zavala (1992)

Chol

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Chol Texts on the Supernatural (1965), page 159

Ch'orti'

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]

Itzá

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]

K'iche'

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water
  2. liquor
[edit]

References

[edit]

Kiliwa

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. Alternative form of ʼjaʼ

References

[edit]

Lacandon

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Fisher, William Morrison (1973). Towards the Reconstruction of Proto-Yucatec, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago

Mocho

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]

Mopan Maya

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water
  2. rain

Derived terms

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. watery

References

[edit]
  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Tabasco Chontal

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Kathryn C. Keller, Diccionario Chontal de Tabasco, Summer Institute of Linguistics (1997), page 471

Tojolabal

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tzeltal

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]
  • haʼ (obsolete)
  • haˀ (obsolete)

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water
    • Tzeltal language learning guide, page 11:
      Ya cuchʼ jaʼ
      I drink water

Uspanteco

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]
  • Miguel Angel Vicente Méndez, Diccionario bilingüe uspanteko-español, page 93, 2007

Wastek

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ

  1. water

References

[edit]

Yucatec Maya

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Mayan *haʼ.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

jaʼ (plural jaʼob)

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. lake

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 69:JAʼ
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 165:HAʼ
  • 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 178:Agua. .... Haa.
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 57:haʼ
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 105:HÁ: agua