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Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.
Pronunciation
Noun
báalam (plural báalamoʼob)
- jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Synonyms: chak bolaʼay, chak moʼol
- (mythology) guardian of the forest
Derived terms
Verb
báalam (intransitive)
- (Mérida, Valladolid) to stalk like a cat
- Synonym: chʼúuk
Conjugation
conjugation of báalam
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| imperfective
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kin báalam
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ka báalam
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ku báalam
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k báalam
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ka báalameʼex
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ku báalamoʼob
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| perfective
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báalamnajen
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báalamnajech
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báalamnajij
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báalamnajoʼon
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báalamnajeʼex
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báalamnajoʼob
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| subjunctive
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ka báalamnaken
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ka báalamnakech
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ka báalamnak
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ka báalamnakoʼon
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ka báalamnakeʼex
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ka báalamnakoʼob
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| imperative
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báalamnen
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báalamneneʼex
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References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 20: “BÁALAM”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 32: “BALAM”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Tigre. Balam, chacekel.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50: “báalam/balan”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 14: “BAALAM: tigre.”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 18: “BALAM, BALAMIL: tigre, leon.”