English-Mayan Dictionary

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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