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Epigraphic Mayan
Verb
ch'am
- to receive
Yola
Contraction
ch'am
- Alternative form of 'cham
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:Ch'am a stouk, an a donel; wou'll leigh out ee dey.- I am a fool and a dunce; we'll idle out the day.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84
Yucatec Maya
Noun
ch'am
- penguin (Bromelia pinguin)