mayana

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ya‧na

Noun

mayana

  1. the ornamental plant Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • maya̱na (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /majaːna/

Verb

mayana

  1. (intransitive) to be hungry

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mayanaliztli

References

  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 131
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 224
  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 238, 263

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mayana

Adjective

mayana

  1. hungry
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