Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

Kettunen & Helmke 2011
Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives
Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:
nahb
na-ba
NAB-ba
NAB
na[h]b
na[h]b
na[h]b
n
“handspand” used for
counting dimensions
particularly the
circumference of rubber
balls used in the
ballgame
naab
na-bi
NAB-bi
naab
naab
n
“pool, lake” in particular
and bodies of freshwater
in general
naah
NAH-hi
NAH-hi-la
NAH
naah
naah-[ii]l
na[a]h / nah
n
“house, structure,
building”
nal
na-la
NAL-la
na-NAL
NAL
nal
nal
nal
nal
n
1) lit. “young maize”
2) “north” – cardinal
direction; see also xaman
3) locative suffix –nal for
“place”
naal
na-li
NAL
naal
na[a]l
n
“native” or person native
from a particular area
ne’ / neh NE’ / NEH ne’ / neh n “tail”
ne’hn
ne-na
NE’-na
ne’[h]n
ne’[h]n
n
“mirror” particularly
mirror made of iron
pyrite or hematite mosaic
on slate or wooden
backings
nik
NIK?-ki
ni-NIK?
NIK?
nik
nik
nik
n
refers to an unidientified
type of flower
nikte’ NIK-TE’ nikte’ cn “mayflower (plumeria)”
noh NOH? noh adj “great, big”
nohol
no-NOH?-la
no-NOH?-lo
nohol
nohol
n
“south” – cardinal
direction
nuhkul nu-ku nu[h]ku[l] n lit. “skin, hide” but used
in particular to refer to
the plaster coating of a
building
nu’n
nu-na
NUN?
nu’n
nu[’]n
n
“intermediary, ritual
speaker” or refers to
someone who “speaks
brokenly” (?)
nupul nu-pu-lu nupul adj familiar?
ochk’in
OCH-K’IN-ni
OCH-K’IN
ochk’in
ochk’in
n
“west” – cardinal
direction; used in the
Classic period in the
Lowlands; replaced by
chik’in in the Postclassic
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