jaʼ

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

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

Alternative forms

• haʼ

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

Reference

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

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

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

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

Reference

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

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary, page 41

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

Adjective

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Fisher, William Morrison (1973). Towards the Reconstruction of Proto-Yucatec, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago

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)

Noun

jaʼ

1. water
2. rain

Adjective

jaʼ

1. watery

References

• Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Kathryn C. Keller, Diccionario Chontal de Tabasco, Summer Institute of Linguistics (1997), page 471

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Noun

jaʼ

1. Alternative form of haʼ
   • Tzeltal language learning guide, page 11:

     Ya cuchʼ jaʼ.

     I drink water.

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

Reference

• Miguel Angel Vicente Méndez, Diccionario bilingüe uspanteko-español, page 93, 2007

Noun

jaʼ

1. water

References

• wordlist

Noun

jaʼ (plural jaʼob)

1. water
2. rain

References

• Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life (2013, →ISBN, page 90: [...] equivalent to Yucatec bakʼ jaʼ, in which bakʼ (like Quiché baq) means “bone” and jaʼ (like Quiché yaʼ) means “water.”