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Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

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Kettunen & Helmke 2011<br />

Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives<br />

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

chitam<br />

CHITAM-ma<br />

CHITAM<br />

chitam<br />

chitam<br />

n<br />

“peccary” White-lipped<br />

Peccary (Tayassu pecari)<br />

or Collared Peccary (T.<br />

tajacu).<br />

chitin chi-ti-ni chitin n “oven, s<strong>to</strong>ve” or possibly<br />

“kiln”; seen kun<br />

chiwoj<br />

chi-wo-ja<br />

chi-wo-jo<br />

CHAK-chi-wo<br />

chiwoj<br />

chiwoj<br />

chak-chiwo[j]<br />

n<br />

“tarantula” or “great<br />

spider”<br />

chubal chu-ba-la chub-al n type of container for<br />

quills, styluses or other<br />

writing implements<br />

chuch<br />

chu-chu<br />

u-chu-chu<br />

chuch<br />

u-chuch<br />

n<br />

“loom, weaving frame”<br />

chumib<br />

CHUM[mu]-bi<br />

CHUM[mu-bi]<br />

chum-ib<br />

chum-ib<br />

n<br />

“seat, bench” and<br />

possibly by extension<br />

“throne”. Based on root<br />

chum– “<strong>to</strong> sit” with<br />

instrumental suffix –ib.<br />

chuwen<br />

CHUWEN-na<br />

CHUWEN-ne<br />

CHUWEN<br />

chuwen<br />

chuwen<br />

chuwen<br />

n<br />

“artisan”<br />

ch’ah ch’a-ha ch’ah adj “bitter” used in reference<br />

<strong>to</strong> a<strong>to</strong>le recipes<br />

ch’ahb<br />

ch’a-CH’AB<br />

CH’AB-ba<br />

CH’AB<br />

CH’AB-li<br />

ch’a[h]b<br />

ch’a[h]b<br />

ch’a[h]b<br />

ch’a[h]b-[i]l<br />

1) “penance, fasting,<br />

sacrifice”<br />

2) when used in<br />

possessed couplet<br />

construction as the<br />

element preceding ahk’ab<br />

“darkness” may refer <strong>to</strong><br />

“strength, potency”<br />

ch’aaj / ch’aj /<br />

ch’ah<br />

ch’a-ji<br />

ch’a-ja<br />

ch’a-ha<br />

ch’aaj<br />

ch’aj / ch’a[a]j<br />

ch’ah / ch’a[j]<br />

n<br />

“drop, droplet” possibly<br />

a reference <strong>to</strong> droplets of<br />

blood or pellets of<br />

incense used in symbolic<br />

sowing rituals<br />

ch’aat / ch’at<br />

ch’a-ti<br />

ch’a-ta<br />

ch’aat<br />

ch’at / ch’a[a]t<br />

n<br />

“dwarf, hunchback”<br />

ch’ahom<br />

ch’a-ho-ma<br />

CH’AH?-ma<br />

ch’a-ho<br />

ch’ah-om<br />

ch’ah-[o]m<br />

ch’ah-o[m]<br />

n<br />

“young (man), varón”<br />

ch’amak<br />

ch’a-ma-ka?<br />

ch’a-CH’AMAK<br />

ch’amak<br />

ch’amak<br />

n<br />

“fox” (Urocyon<br />

cinereoargentus)<br />

ch’e’n<br />

CH’EN-na<br />

CH’EN-ni<br />

CH’EN-ne<br />

CH’EN<br />

ch’e’n<br />

ch’een<br />

ch’en<br />

ch’e[’]n<br />

n<br />

“cave, well, hollow,<br />

burrow”<br />

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