Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

Kettunen & Helmke 2011
Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives
Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:
bahlam
ba-la-ma
BALAM-la-ma
BALAM-ma
BALAM
ba[h]lam
ba[h]lam
ba[h]lam
ba[h]lam
n
“jaguar” (Panthera onca)
or feline in general stems
from the verb bal- “to
hide” followed by an
agentive suffix -am,
yielding lit. “hider”.
batun ba-TUN-nu batun n root of a certain plant (?)
ba’tz’
ba-tz’u
BATZ’
ba’tz’
ba[’]tz’
n
“(black) howler monkey”
(Alouatta pigra)
bay ba-ya fat?
bih / bij
bi-hi
bi-ji
bi
bih
bij
bi[h] / bi[j]
n
“road” compare to sakbih
for lit. “white-road”
which is the Classicperiod
reflex of the
causeways known as
sakbeob in Yucatan.
bij ta-ta-bi (K1196) tat bij n “line (of writing)”
bihtuun
bi-TUN-ni
[bi]TUN-ni
bih-tuun
bih-tuun
cn
lit. “road-stone” refers to
plastered/paved surfaces
and particular to the
playing alleys of
ballcourts
bolaay / bola’y
bo?-la-yi
BOL?-la-yu
bolaay
bola’y
n
“predatory animal”
refers especially to felines
but can also refer to
snakes and usually takes
a forgoing colour
modifier in modern
reflexes (such as chak,
k’an or ik’/ihk’)
bubul 2
bu-lu-HA’ bubul-ha’ n “water insect”
bubul 2
bu-lu bubul adj cylindrical, like a column
buhk bu-ku bu[h]k n “cloth, clothes”
bukuutz bu-ku-tzi bukuutz n used to refer to a
particular type of cacao
recipe from the region of
Acanceh in Yucatan.
bu’ul / bu’l bu-la bu’[u]l / bu’l n “(black & brown) beans”
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
butz’ bu-tz’a-ja butz’-aj n “smoke” possibly
inalianably possessed.
cha’ cha[’] cha’ adv. “again, another time, for
the second time”
chaab cha-bi chaab n “bee, beehive, honey” see
also kab
chaach cha-chi chaach n “basket”
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