jaʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ja"

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

• haʼ

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Chʼortiʼ - castellano, page 35, 2000

Itza'

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Itza - castellano, page 31, 2010

K'iche'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaːʔ/

Noun

jaʼ

1. water
2. liquor

Related terms

• amaʼ jaʼ (“liquor; aguardiente”)
• -be jaʼ (“riverbed”)
• binel jaʼ (“rivulet; stream; river”)
• binik p-wiʼ ri jaʼ (“to float”)
• boq jaʼ (“to sweat”)
• bulqʼat jaʼ (“flood”)
• chuqʼlij ri jaʼ (“to splash”)
• el jaʼ (“to sweat”)
• el jaʼ cho -palaj (“to sweat on face”)
• el pa jaʼ (“to sweat”)
• jaʼ poqʼ (“water blister”)
• jaʼ tew (“frozen”)
• jaʼ -wäch (“liquid; in liquid form”)
• jaʼ(o) (“to water”)
• jaʼaj (“to give water to; to water”)
• jaʼj (“to water”)
• jaʼnik (“to water”)
• jorona jaʼ (“cold water”)
• kʼiyibal jaʼ (“spring, fountain”)
• kʼo jaʼ ch-pam (“to have diarrhea”)
• -kʼoxil jaʼ (“well of water”)
• kokʼjaʼnik (“to drink”)
• nim -ib pa jaʼ (“to dive”)
• nim jaʼ (“river”)
• qʼän jaʼ (“blister”)
• qʼatbal jaʼ (“dam”)
• qʼor jaʼ (“atole”)
• qaj (ch-)xe jaʼ (“to sink”)
• qasaj jaʼ p-wiʼ (“to baptize by sprinkling”)
• qasaj xeʼ jaʼ (“to baptize; to submerge in water”)
• qasbal jaʼ (“rainy season”)
• relibal jaʼ (“fountain; spring”)
• -sibal jaʼ (“stream”)
• siwan be jaʼ (“ravine, gorge”)
• sutbal jaʼ (“whirlpool”)
• tix jaʼ ch-ij (“to water”)
• torbal jaʼ (“plug (to drain water)”)
• tzalam siwan p-turbal jaʼ (“waterfall”)
• tzaq jaʼ (“to sweat”)
• tzaya jaʼ (“brackish water”)
• u-qajibal jaʼ (“waterfall”)
• -uxlab jaʼ (“steam; water vapor”)
• wa jaʼ (“nourishment (general term for all food and drink”)
• -wo jaʼ (“flood; overflow of river”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Kiliwa

Noun

jaʼ

1. Alternative form of ʼjaʼ

References

• Arnulfo Estrada Ramírez, Leonor Farldow Espinoza, Diccionario práctico de la lengua kiliwa (2004, Instituto nacional de lenguas indígenas; Ensenada, B.C., Mexico)), page 106

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

• Victor Juárez Jiménez, Itsʼbal chu tsʼiba we tookʼ didaaktika mochoʼ, Kabil siiklo, Gramática didáctica mochoʼ. Segundo ciclo (2013, México, INALI)

Mopan Maya

Noun

jaʼ

1. water
2. rain

Derived terms

• ok jaʼ (“river; current”)

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

• wordlist

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• haʼ, obsolete
• haa, há (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *haʼ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaʔ]

Noun

jaʼ (plural jaʼob)

1. water
2. rain
3. lake

Derived terms

• kʼaaj jaʼ

 

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”