English - Mayan Dictionary
about 400 words

[Note: 'C:' words are noun classifiers]

English Mayan
abdomen naq, homtan-il, qo
able, to be pat, patal
afternoon o-qin, o-qin-al, o-qn-al, o-qin-il, okan-qin, sis-qin
all lah, tulakal, tu-sin-il
also shan
and yetel
ant sakal
appear, to tshik-pahal
approach, to natz'
arm qab
armadillo wetsh, h-wetsh, ibatsh
arrange, to utzqa
autumn itsh-ha-ha-lil, qini-yash-le
axe baat
baby tzan-pal
bark, to tshi-bal, ha-hai-tshi-bal, awat-tshi-bal, yawat-peq
be alive, to kush
bear san-hool, saan-hool, sam-hol, kab-noh
beard notsh, nootsh, mesh, meesh, keb
begin, to tshun
bird tsh'itsh, tshiitsh, tsh'iitsh, tsh'iitsh'
bite, to tshibal
black bosh, eq, eeq
black, to be eeq-ha-al
blood qiq
blue yash, ya-yash, yash-kab, yash-kaben, yash-top'en, sak-yaash
blunt, to nol mal
body winkil, winklil, h-wiklil, kukut
bone bak
boy pal, paal, shi-pal, shibi-pal
breast tzem, tan
broom mis
brother, elder sukun, sukuun, nohotsh sukun
brother, younger itz'in, witzin, witz'in, h-witz'in
bull wakash
burden al
but hewak
chatter, to tzik-bal, ban-kab-klu-bal, tsh'-o-tsh'op-tshi, sakatsh-t'an
chief, leader batab
child tsham-pal, tshan-tshan-pal, tshan-shi-pal, mehen-pal
chili ik, iq
climb, to nak-en
clothes noq-ob
cloud tok
coagulate, to ol mal
coal tshuuk
cold sis, siis, keel, keel-en
come down, to em-en
come, to tal, tal-el, u-tal
corn ishim, shiim, ishiim
coyote u-peqil-qaash, h-wayu
crab baab
crow tshom, tsh'om, tshim-toq, qo-qoan-kil, tsha-tshak
cut with a blow, to tshak
cut, to shot
dance, to oqot
dancer (female) sh-ooqot
dancer (male) H-ooqot
day qin, sasil-qin, sasil
dead kimen
dead people u-kim(i)l-il
death kimi
deer (female) tsh'upul ke
deer (male) shibal ke
descend, to wem
desire, to qat
die, to kim
dislike, to p'ek
dog peq
dream nai
drink, to uq-ul
drunkard kalan-tal
duck kutz-a, kutz-ha, kutz-haa, putush-ha
ear shikin, lee shikin
earth lum, luum, kab
east liqin
eat, to han-al, tzentah-ba
egg he, hee, eel
eight washak
eighty kan-qaal, kan-qal
eleven buluk, buluk-hun
eye itsh, witsh, tuq-nel-itsh
face itsh, witsh, tan-itsh
fade, to mutsh-mal
fall, to lubul
far natsh, naatsh, natsh-il
father yum, ilum, yum-bil, tata, tat
feather qu-qum
fifty la-hun-yosh qaal, la-hu-yosh-qal
finally tune
finger al-qab, yal-qab, ts'il-bi-qab, motsh, motsh-qab
fingernail latsh
fire qaq, qaaq
fish kai, tzaqin, yitz, tsh'a
fist losh
five ho, hok
foot ok
forehead lek, lek-tshi, tshi-lek
forest qash, qaash, pok-tsh'e, tsh'en-tshe
forget, to tuub, tub-ul, tub-olal, tub-sa, tub-sah, tub-esah
forty ka-qaal, ka-qal, kan-la-hun
four kam, kan
fox otsh, tshomac, tshamak, tsh'amak
fresh aak
friend etool, etail, yukunah winik, yukuna
girl sh'ts'u-pal, sh-ts'upu-pal, tsh'up-lal-paal, tshup-lal-paal
give, to siil
go, to bin, bin-el, ben, ben-el
god qu, kitsh-kelem-yum
good utz, mal-ob, tibil
good will kol-ah
goose yak-bok
great noh, nohotsh
greatness noh-il
green yash, yaash, ya-yash, yaashil-kaash
hair tzootz, tzotz-el
hammer bah-ab
hand qab, tan-qab
happen, to utshul
happiness kimako-il
he le, leti
head pol, hool
heart pusiiq, puksiqal
herb shiu
here wai, waye, tela
hill puuk, witz, mul, muul, noh-muul, qaash
hit, to putsh
horse tzimin
house na, nah, ototsh
how much bahun
hundred ho-qaal, ho-qal
husband itsham, h-witsham, witsham
I ten
ice yeeb, noh-tat-yeeb, bat
illuminate, to ahom
indian masewal, H-maya-bil
island peten, petem, tzukub-luum, hay luum itsh ha
jump, to sut
key he-eb
kill, to kim-sah, kin-sah
king, ruler tepal
knife qupeb, shoteb, tshan-qab-maskab
know, to yabi, yubi
lake shotz-ha, tz'atz, aqal, tshi-tshan-qanaab
large noh, nohotsh
laugh, to tsheh, tsheeh, muqluk u tsheeh, tshek
leaf le, u-leh-tshe, leh tshe
leap, to sisit'
leg ok, muq-ok, p'ul-ok, tzelek
letter huun
lie, to tus
lightning lemba, lemba-kaan, lemba-tshak, lemba-tshaak
lintel pakab
live, to (dwell) kah
lizard tolok, ish-metsh, ish-me-metsh, meretsh
love (noun) yukuna, yakunah, yakunah-il
love, to yukuna, yukunah
lower oneself, to t'on-tal
lower something, to t'on-kin-ah
man winik, bal-kab-winik, shib, H-shib
many yab, yaab
meat baq
money taqin
moon u
morning samal, hatz-kab, hatz-kab-qin
mother na, naa, nah, na-il, mama
mountain uitz
mouse ts'o, ts'oo
mouth tshi, tshii
nail, to bah
name qaba
near natz-ti, natz'-ti, naq-lik
neck kal
need, to qabet
night aqab
nine bolom, bolon
ninety la-hun-ho-qaal, la-hu-yo-qal, un-kan-la-hun-qal
no ma, maa, matan
north na, nal
nose ni, nii
nothing mishma
ocean qab-nab, qa-naab, qaq-nab, qaq-nab-e, qaq-naab
offer, to siil
old noh-shib, nu-shib, lab, utshben
one hun, hum, un
only hunak
open, to het
paper huun
pebbles, small ka-kah
penis ton
people maak, winik
pigeon ukum, kastran-ukum, kastlan-ukum, sak-pakal, ku-kut-kib
pine hu-hub
pipe hobon-tshe
poor people u-yootzil-il
pueblo kah
puma koh, tshak-koh, qan-koh, balam, tshak-bolai
C: fruit, bead strings, necklaces, bags, carried things tsh'ul
C: heaps: seeds, stones, crowds of animals, birds, people mutsh'
C: all inanimate objects in general p'eel
C: any measure or weight p'is
C: balls of dough, cotton, wool, thread & other round things wol
C: birds, animals, numbers 9-19 patsh
C: births em
C: blows, times, years paq
C: branches or bunches heq
C: bunches of fruit p'otsh
C: candles, pipes, long fruits, such as bananas tz'it
C: canoes, boats, houses, seats, churches, caves, villages ak
C: chapters of books, orations, songs petz'
C: closets, rooms qas
C: counting in leagues lub
C: counting in pairs lot
C: counting journeys, no. of times someone goes & returns watz'
C: counting numbers of times mal
C: counting provinces heb, hebal, hebel
C: counting skeins of thread tsh'ot
C: counts of arm lengths sap
C: counts of years, months, days, cocoa, eggs, squashes, etc te
C: distances, miles awat
C: elbow measurements kuk
C: ends of ropes, threads, etc. Things in general bal
C: fish, birds, animals poq
C: folded cloths and similar things wutz'
C: food dishes lat'
C: for circular things: wafers, maize cakes, flat things pek
C: for counting numbers of times and duplications muk
C: for long and not thin: beehives, canoes, beams, skeins pal
C: for numbers of past times tenak
C: for the number 400 baq
C: for things in heaps ban
C: for times, when expressed by ordinal numbers num
C: for turns given in the making of twisted or twined things balaq
C: for vessals split in halves, pages, slices of fruit, etc. hau
C: handbreadths as a measure nab
C: handfuls of hair or herbs tshatsh
C: heaps of things tuk
C: hours lat'abqin
C: hours, pages of books, counting strings of bells hetsh
C: lashes made with whips, blows made with side of sword pul
C: leaves of tobacco, banana trees, etc. wal
C: lengths of threads, cords, rods, staffs, pieces of time kotz
C: lines, furrows, ditches, pages, printed columns t'ol
C: loads kutsh
C: maize fields, pastures pet
C: measurements from the index finger tshinab
C: measurements made by lines, rulers, compasses balatsh
C: men, women, angels, souls tul
C: mouthfuls of food, swallows of liquid p'uk
C: numbers of time ten
C: numbers of times in questions tenel
C: persons, esp. holy trinity, counting fingers, spouses tz'ik
C: pieces of things cut off, for mouthfuls pitsh'
C: plants and trees, shek is more popularly used p'uuk
C: quadrupeds kat, kot
C: recumbent living beings nakat
C: rolls or circular twists, a "roll of cord" kotz'
C: rope qan
C: selvages, cloths, folds of paper, leaves of books tziil
C: sheaths, things that are brought together yal
C: shrubs, trees, maize plants, lumps of dough kul
C: splinters hah
C: square things, things with four edges paak
C: steps, grades, crowns, things placed one on another tz'ak
C: things following one another in order or likne; heavens tas
C: things measured by handfuls ok
C: things placed in order or file; subdivisions of a house t'il, tzool
C: things that are close together, jugs, staffs, seated men nak
C: things that are united or congregated mol
C: times (i.e., once) lem
C: towns, paragraphs, articles, chapters, notices, piles tzuk
C: trees and other plants shek
C: wafers, pamphlets, shoes, all things counted in twos tz'am
C: wounds by arrows, knives, sticks remaining in the body tsh'iik
C: written chapters, articles of faith, rows of stones p'ik
C: years, days, months, coins pis
rabbit t'ul, t'uul
rain (noun) ha, kashal-ha, kashal-haa, ha-hal, haa-haal, tshaak
rain, to tos-ha, tos-haa, to-tos-ha, tosol-ha, tzabal-ha, tzabal-haa
rattlesnake tzab-kan, ahau-kan
red tshak, tsha-tshak, tshu-tshak
region, province peten
remember, to qaah, qaahal
river bekan, bekan-ha, hal-ha, yatsh-ha, yok-ha, yok-haa
road be
run, to alkab
saliva tub
salt taab
scorpion sinan, sinaan
see, to ilah, ilmah, pakat, al
seven ushuk, wuk, huk
seventy la-hun-kan-qaal, la-hu-kan-qal, ka-la-hun-yosh-qal
shaman (female) sh-men
shaman (male) H-men
shell hub
shield pakal
shoot, to tz'on
show, to kambe
sick people u-kohan-il
sickness kohan-il
sing, to qai
sister, older kik, kiik, nohotsh kik
sister, younger itz'in, witz'in, tshup-itz'in, tshupu-itz'in
sit, to kutal, shekba
six wak
sixty osh-qaal, osh-qal, un-la-hun-yosh-qal
sky kaan
sleep, to wen-el
small tshi-tshan, tshan-tshan, ma-tshan-tshan, manob, mehen, tz'et
smoke p'ulut
smooth tash
snake kan, qanal-kan, quqi-kan, quqil-kan
snow yeeb
soldier qatun, H-qatun, qaatun, qatun-maak, bateel, batel-naal
son (by father) mehen, laq-pal, shibi-ish-mehen
son (by mother) al, wal, shibi-al, shibi-bal
song qai
south nohol
speak, to t'an, tetan
speed alkab
spring yash-qin, itsh-yash-qin, yash-tshun-hab
squirrel kuuk
staff lom
stand, to watal
star eq
stick tshe
stone tun, tunitsh, buq-tun
strong t'a, tshitsh, qaam, um-qan, mu-qaan
summer yash-qin, qin-un-yabil, qin tun yaabil, qini-qil-kab
sun qin
swim, to baab
temple quna, qunah, yototsh qu
ten la-hun
that le ___ e, lai, lailo, le letieele, leti-wale, helo
there te, telo, tel-lo, tlo, tolo, lelo, ___ o
they leti-ob, le-ob-ti, te-ob-ti-ob
think, to tukul
thirty la-hun-ka-qaal, la-hu-ka-qal, osh-qal
this le, lela, le ___ a, letiela
thought tukul
thousand pik, hum-pik, la-hun-osh-baaq hum-pik, un-pik
three osh
thumb na-qab, naa-qab
thunder kil-ba, kil-bal, amba, ambah
thunderclap tshaak, amba-tshak, hum-tshaak, u pek-tshak, yakan-tshak
tiger balam, balam tshak-eqel, tshak-mool, tshak-eqel
time qin, qin-il, u-qin-il
toad mutsh, uo
today hele, be-hele, be-hela, be-helae, be- helak, ba-hele
toe al-ok, yal-ok, tshil-bi-ok, sau
tomorrow samal, hatz-kab
tongue aq, hu-aq
tooth ko
tree kul, kulul-tshe, watal-tshe, wiklil un p'el tshe, ts'e
true ha, hah, ha-hil, ha-hi-lil, ha-hal
tumble down, to ban
turkey tzo, tzoo, tzun, ulum, tush
turtle ak, aak
twelve lah-ka, ka-la-hun
twenty hun-qaal, hun-qel, un-qal
two ka
valley qop, qoop, qom, tsha-qan, tatz-luum, hem-lum
very hatsh
village kah, noh-kah, tan-kah, tshan-kan, kah-talil, noh-kab, ka-kab
villagers kab-ob
wake up, to ah-en
walk, to shimbal, shinbal
warm tshoko, tshokoh, tshakau
water ha, haa
water, to aakesah, aksah
we toon
weight al
west tshiqin
when biqin, biqinsh
when was it? biqinsh-ak
white sak, sasak
who mak, maksh, mash, maash, he-mash, heken-maash
why bash-ten
wickedness lobil-il
wife watan, h-watan
wind iq
wing siq
winter itsh-kelil, qini-keel, aq-yebil
wish mulut
wolf kab-kob
woman sh-tsh'up, tshup-lal, tsh'up-lal
wood tshe
work meya, meyah, menyah
world yoqol-kab, baal-kah, bal-kah
write, to tz'ib
year haab
yellow qan, qan-qan, qun-qan
yes bei, bai, la
yesterday holhe, holohe
you (plural) teesh, toon, mulanil
you (singular) tetsh
young tan-kelem

Source: "A Maya Grammar," Alfred M. Tozzer, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1977. Library of Congress Card Number: 76-45008, ISBN: 0-486-23465-7.

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