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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 />

haab<br />

HAB-bi<br />

HAB[bi]<br />

HAB-ba?<br />

HAB<br />

haab<br />

haab<br />

hab / ha[a]b<br />

hab / ha[a]b<br />

n<br />

“year (of 365 days)”<br />

haabil HAB-li ha[a]b-[i]l / hab-[i]l n “time, period”<br />

halaw<br />

HALAW?-la-wa<br />

HALAW?-wa<br />

ha-HALAW?-wa<br />

HALAW?<br />

halaw<br />

halaw<br />

halaw<br />

halaw<br />

n<br />

“ballcourt”<br />

hix<br />

hi[HIX]<br />

HIX<br />

hix<br />

hix<br />

n<br />

reference <strong>to</strong> unknown<br />

feline possibly <strong>to</strong> Ocelot<br />

(Leopardus pardalis) or<br />

Margay (Leopardus wiedii)<br />

huh / juj<br />

hu<br />

HUH<br />

ju<br />

hu[h]<br />

huh<br />

ju[j]<br />

n<br />

“iguana” (Iguana iguana<br />

or Ctenosaura similis)<br />

hun / hu’n /<br />

huun<br />

hu-na<br />

HUN-na<br />

HUN<br />

hun / hu’n / huun<br />

hun / hu’n / huun<br />

hun / hu[’]n / hu[u]n<br />

n<br />

1) “bark, paper, book”<br />

2) “headband,<br />

headdress” (made of<br />

paper)<br />

hunal / hu’nal /<br />

huunal<br />

hu-na-la<br />

HUN-la<br />

hun-al / hu’n-[a]l<br />

hun-[a]l / hu[’]n-[a]l<br />

n<br />

“headband, headdress”<br />

and by extension<br />

“crown”<br />

hut HUT hut n “face, visage”<br />

i’ I i[’] n “hawk, falcon”<br />

(Falco spp.)<br />

ibach i-ba-cha ibach n “armadillo” Ninebanded<br />

Armadillo<br />

(Dasypus novemcintus)<br />

ich i-chi ich n “chile” (Capsicum spp.)<br />

ichaan yi-cha-ni y-ichaan n “mother’s brother,<br />

maternal oncle”<br />

ichnal<br />

yi-chi-na-la<br />

yi-[chi]NAL-la<br />

yi-[chi]NAL<br />

a-wi-[chi]NAL<br />

y-ich-nal<br />

y-ich-nal<br />

y-ich-nal<br />

aw-ich-nal<br />

cop.<br />

lit. “front” or “sightplace”<br />

or more loosely<br />

‘within sight’ from which<br />

we have the meaning of<br />

“with” or “in the<br />

presence...”<br />

ihch’aak<br />

yi-ch’a-ki<br />

ICH’AK-ki<br />

ICH’AK<br />

y-i[h]ch’aak<br />

i[h]ch’aak<br />

i[h]ch’a[a]k<br />

n<br />

“claw, paw”<br />

predominantly used in<br />

reference <strong>to</strong> feline paws<br />

with claws extended<br />

ihtz’iin / ihtz’in<br />

i-tz’i-na<br />

yi-tz’i-ni<br />

i-tz’i<br />

[I(’)]TZ’I(’)<br />

i[h]tz’iin<br />

y-i[h]tz’in<br />

i[h]tz’i[n] i[h]tz’i[in]<br />

i[h]tz’i[n] i[h]tz’i[in]<br />

n<br />

“younger brother”<br />

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