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Chuj
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.
Adjective
yax
- green
Huave
Noun
yax
- avocado (tree)
- avocado (fruit)
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 184, 192, 407
Q'anjob'al
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.
Adjective
yax
- green
Spanish
Etymology
From English jacks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡs/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɡs/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɡs/
- Rhymes: -aɡs
- Syllabification: yax
Noun
yax m (uncountable)
- (games) Alternative form of jacks
Further reading
- “yax” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
Sui
Pronunciation
Noun
yax
- grandmother
Tzeltal
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.
Adjective
yax
- green
Wastek
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.
Adjective
yax
- green
Wolof
Etymology
Cognate with Laalaa ƴoh.
Noun
yax (definite form yax bi)
- bone
- crux of the matter
References
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 260