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Kettunen & Helmke 2011<br />

Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives<br />

Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:<br />

che’hb /<br />

che’hbul<br />

che-e-bu<br />

che-bu<br />

che’[h]b / che’[h]bu[l]<br />

che’[h]b / che[’h]bu[l]<br />

n<br />

“writing implement,<br />

quill pen, stylus”<br />

chel<br />

che-le<br />

CHEL?<br />

chel<br />

chel<br />

n<br />

“rainbow”<br />

chi’ik / chi’k<br />

chi-ku<br />

chi[ku]<br />

chiku[’]/ chi’[i]k/ chi’k<br />

chiku[’]/ chi’[i]k/ chi’k<br />

n<br />

“coatimundi, pizote”<br />

chi’ chi chi[’] n “mouth” Yukatekan<br />

reflex of the Ch’olan term<br />

ti’ for “mouth, lip, edge”<br />

chi’iltuun chi-li-TUN-ni chi[’]-[i]l-tuun cn “mouth-s’-s<strong>to</strong>ne” term<br />

that is used <strong>to</strong> the s<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

rings or ‘hoops’ of<br />

ballcourts<br />

chich chi-chi chich n “word, reason”<br />

chih / chij chi-hi chih n “chicha” alcoholic<br />

beverage made from<br />

fermented agave plant<br />

(Agave spp.)<br />

chij<br />

chi-ji<br />

chi<br />

CHIJ<br />

chij<br />

chi[j]<br />

chij<br />

n<br />

“deer” specifically a<br />

reference <strong>to</strong> the Whitetailed<br />

Deer (Odocoileus<br />

virginianus) see alos keej<br />

and may<br />

chijil<br />

CHIJ-ji-li<br />

chi-ji-li<br />

chijil adj deer-like<br />

chik’in<br />

chi-K’IN-ni<br />

chi-K’IN<br />

chik’in<br />

chik’in<br />

n<br />

“west” – cardinal<br />

direction; used only in<br />

the Postclassic period in<br />

Yucatan, replaces the<br />

Classic-period Ch’olan<br />

term ochk’in<br />

chi’lam chi-la-ma chi[’]lam n “spokesperson,<br />

interpreter”<br />

chilkay chi-li-ka-yu chil-kay-u[l] cn “manatee” Caribbean<br />

Manatee (Trichechus<br />

manatus) lit. “manateefish”<br />

here followed by a<br />

possible <strong>to</strong>ponymic<br />

suffix –ul. Note<br />

references <strong>to</strong> “sharks” or<br />

“large fish” in Yukatekan<br />

languages as chil-am or<br />

chi’l-am<br />

chit<br />

chi-ti<br />

CHIT?-ti<br />

CHIT?-ta<br />

CHIT?<br />

chit<br />

chit<br />

chiit<br />

chit / chi[i]t<br />

n<br />

“father, patron” cognate<br />

of kit<br />

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