mayana

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ya‧na

Noun

mayana

1. the ornamental plant Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides)

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• maya̱na (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majaːna/

Verb

mayana

1. (intransitive) to be hungry
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r.

     Tener hambre. ni,teociui. ni,mayana.

Synonyms

• apizmiqui
• teocihui

Derived terms

• mayanaliztli

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 131
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 224
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 238, 263

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mayana

Adjective

mayana

1. hungry