yax

See also: -yax

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yauma with x as a placeholder.

Symbol

yax

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yauma.

Ahtna

Etymology 1

Related to -yax (“inside”) and ygge (“downward, below”).

Noun

yax

1. (archaic, uncommon) house

   Synonym: hwnax

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 432

Etymology 2

Stem

yax

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Reversionary-customary	yaa (grow; sg. goes)	yaa (grow; sg. goes)	yaa (grow; sg. goes)	yaa (grow; sg. goes)

Chuj

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *raʔx.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Huave

Noun

yax

1. avocado (tree)
2. avocado (fruit)

References

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981), Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 184, 192, 407

Lower Tanana

Stem

yax

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Reversative	yo (grow)		yo (grow)	yo (grow)
Durative	yo (grow)
Customary	yo (grow)	yo (grow)	yo (grow)	yo (grow)

Q'anjob'al

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *raʔx.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English jacks.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡs/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɣ̞s]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡs/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɣ̞s] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɡs/ [ˈʃaɣ̞s] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaɡs/ [ˈʒaɣ̞s] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɡs
• Syllabification: yax

Noun

yax m (plural yaxes)

1. (games) alternative form of jacks

Further reading

• “yax”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

Sui

Pronunciation

• (Sandong) IPA^(key): /ja˥˧/

Noun

yax

1. grandmother

Tzeltal

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *raʔx.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Wastek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *raʔx.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Laalaa ƴoh.

Noun

yax (definite form yax bi)

1. bone
2. crux of the matter

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 260