Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

Kettunen & Helmke 2011
Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives
Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:
saklaktuun
SAK-la-ka-TUN-ni
SAK-LAK-TUN-ni
SAK-LAK-TUN
sak-lak-tuun
sak-lak-tuun
sak-lak-tu[u]n
cn
lit. “white-plate-stone” or
“artificial-plate-stone”
refers specificially to a
type of stone censer at
Copan
sakun
sa-ku-na
sa-ku
sakun
saku[n]
n
“older brother” see
suku’n
sas sa-sa sas n “stucco, plaster”
sakkab SAK-KAB-ba sak-kab cn lit. “white-earth” refers
to “marl” or “caliche”
otherwise known by its
Colonial Yukatek reflex
saskab
sa’y sa-yu sa’y n “ant” unspecified type
sayhun sa-ya-HUN say-hu[’]n cn lit. “book-exteriors” or
more loosely “book
covers”
sibik --- --- --- see abak and sabak
sihom
SIH?-ma
SIH?
sih-[o]m
sih-[om]
n
type of unspecified
flower that comes in
shades of white, red,
yellow and blue-green
sinan si-na-na sinan n “scorpion”
sitz’ si-tz’i sitz’ n “appetite”
suk’in
su-K’IN-ni
su-K’IN
suk’in
suk’in
n
“lack, deprivement”
suhuy su-hu-yu suhuy adj “pure, virginal”
sukun
su-ku-na
su-ku
sukun
suku[n]
n
“older brother” see
saku’n
suutz’
su-tz’i
SUTZ’-tz’i
SUTZ’
suutz’
suutz’
su[u]tz’
n
“bat” type unspecified
taaj ta-ji taaj n “obsidian” and
implements made of the
material
tahn
ta-na
TAN-na
TAN
ta[h]n
ta[h]n
ta[h]n
n
1) “within, in the
middle” possibly also “in
front of” locative
preposition
2) “chest” or front medial
portion of the body
taj
ta-ja
TAJ
taj
taj
n
“pine, torch” especially
Caribbean Pine also
known as Ocote and
torches made thereof
tajal TAJ-la taj[a]l adj lit. “torch-y, torch-like”
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