Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

Kettunen & Helmke 2011
Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives
Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:
k’ahk’
k’a-k’a
2
K’AK’ / 2 k’a
K’AK’-k’a
k’a-K’AK’
K’AK’
k’a[h]k’
k’a[h]k’
k’a[h]k’
k’a[h]k’
k’a[h]k’
n
“fire” ritual fire is at
times inalienably
possessed
k’ahk’al K’AK’-la k’a[h]k’-al adj lit. “fire-y, fire-like” or
more broadly “fiery,
igneious”
k’ahk’naab K’AK’-NAB k’a[h]k’-na[a]b cn lit. “fire-pool” meant as
“ocean, sea” or large
bodies of salt water in
general
k’ahk’te’ K’AK’-TE’ k’a[h]k’-te’ cn name of an unidentified
type of plant or tree
k’aal
k’a-li
k’a-le
k’aal
k’al-e / k’a[a]l-e
n
“room, enclosure”
k’ahn
K’AN-na
K’AN
k’a[h]n
k’a[h]n
n
“bench, seat, base” refers
also to pedestals of
stelae, hieroglyphic stairs
and plane monuments in
general
k’ante’ / k’ahnte’ K’AN-TE’ k’an-te’ / k’ahn-te’ cn 1) name of an
unidentified type of
plant or tree
2) lit. “bench/seat-wood”
refers to a ‘seat’ or
‘bench’ made of wood
k’ahntun K’AN-na-TUN-ni k’a[h]n-tuun cn lit. “bench/seat-stone”
refers to a ‘seat’ or
‘bench’ made of stone.
See also k’ahn for other
meanings of the term
k’an
K’AN-na
K’AN
k’an
k’an
adj
1) “yellow”
2) “ripe”
k’anjal
“yellowing”
k’at K’AT? k’at n lit. “clay, ceramic”
possibly used in
reference to ceramic
vessels in general
k’ay
ka-yo-
K’AY
k’ayk’ay
n
“song”
k’ayom
k’a-yo-ma
K’AY
k’ay-om
k’ay-[om]
n
lit. “song-er” for “singer”
k’ihn K’IN k’i[h]n n “heat, wrath”
k’in
K’IN-ni
K’IN
k’in
k’in
n
“sun, day”
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