jaʼ

Akatek

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Susanne Schüle, Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language, citing Zavala (1992)

Ch'orti'

Alternative forms

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References


Chol

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Chol Texts on the Supernatural (1965), page 159

Itzá

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References


K'iche'

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References


Kiliwa

Noun

jaʼ

  1. Alternative form of ʼjaʼ

References


Lacandon

Adjective

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Fisher, William Morrison (1973). Towards the Reconstruction of Proto-Yucatec, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago

Mocho

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References


Mopan Maya

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water
  2. rain

Derived terms

Adjective

jaʼ

  1. watery

References

  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Tabasco Chontal

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Kathryn C. Keller, Diccionario Chontal de Tabasco, Summer Institute of Linguistics (1997), page 471

Tojolabal

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tzeltal

Noun

jaʼ

  1. Alternative form of haʼ
    • Tzeltal language learning guide, page 11:
      Ya cuchʼ jaʼ.
      I drink water.

Uspanteco

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

  • Miguel Angel Vicente Méndez, Diccionario bilingüe uspanteko-español, page 93, 2007

Wastek

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References


Yucatec Maya

Noun

jaʼ (plural jaʼob)

  1. water
  2. rain

References

  • Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life (2013, →ISBN, page 90: [...] equivalent to Yucatec bakʼ jaʼ, in which bakʼ (like Quiché baq) means “bone” and jaʼ (like Quiché yaʼ) means “water.”
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