Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
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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