jaʼ

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Akatek

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

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

Chol

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

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

Ch'orti'

Alternative forms

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

Itza'

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water

References

K'iche'

Pronunciation

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water
  2. liquor

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

Alternative forms

  • haʼ (obsolete)
  • haˀ (obsolete)

Noun

jaʼ

  1. water
    • 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *haʼ.

Pronunciation

Noun

jaʼ (plural jaʼob)

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. lake

Derived terms

References

  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 69:JAʼ
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 165:HAʼ
  • 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 178:Agua. .... Haa.
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 57:haʼ
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 105:HÁ: agua