atbaltzih, mani xyaloh; an ignorant statement, since he held the Presidency about four years.
The reading of the last sentence is doubtful.
[182.] Vico was killed in the summer of 1555.
[184.] The expedition against the Lacandons took place early in 1559.
VOCABULARY.
- A, n. A year; the thigh; pron. thy.
- Abah, n. A stone; a jar; the private parts.
- Aca, part. Related, affined. See p. [32].
- Ach. A prefix indicating companionship.
- Achak, n. Excrement, offal, refuse, waste.
- Achcayupil, n. Quilted cotton defensive armor; or perhaps a two-pointed lance; from ach, united; cay, two; uopih, to wound with a lance. See p. [18].
- Achii, n. Man (vir).
- Achpe, v. To accompany one.
- Achpetic, n. That which accompanies one.
- Achya, v. To receive (Brasseur); to give with.
- Achyaic, n. That which is given along with something else; yaic, passive verbal from ya, to give.
- Aco
- ih, v. (For the more usual
- oçih). To strike or beat, especially a drum.
- Ah, n. Name of a day. A prefix. Gram. p. 55.
- Ahauh, n. Ruler, chief, lord. See p. [36].
- Ahauarem, n. Majesty, power.
- Ahcic, adv. Up, above, on top.
- Ahilah, v. To count or reckon with grains of corn or cacao, after the Indian fashion.
- Ahilan, v. To count, to number.
- Ahlabal, n. Warrior, fighting man. See [Labal].
- Aho, v. To wish, to like.
- Ahpop, n. The head chief. “El cacique mayor. See p. [36].
- Ahpop
- amahay, n. An official messenger, especially an official sent to collect tribute. See p. [36].
- Ah-tzih, n. Speaker, orator. See p. [37].
- Ah-
- ib, n. A scribe.
- Akah, n. A hornet.
- Akan, n. Leg, foot.
- Al, n. Son, child.
- [210]Alabil, n. Slave, servant.
- Alah, v. To bear, to carry; hence, to bring forth, to give birth to, as a woman a child.
- Alan, v. To ridicule, depreciate.
- Ama
- , n. Village, tribe, region or district. See p. [33].
- An, part. An emphatic particle, truly, really.
- Aneh, v. To flee, escape.
- Anom, n. A fugitive.
- At, pron. Thou.
- Atiniçah, v. To bathe.
- Avan, n. Crops, plantings.
- A
- a, n. Night, darkness.
- A
- axah, v. To hear, to listen to.
- Bak, v. To bore. n. A bone.
- Bala, adv. Where.
- Balam, n. A tiger.
- Balbaxin, adj. Twisted, interlaced, dense.
- Ban, v. 1. To make, to do, or cause to do. 2. To ask. 3. To dress, or arrange one’s apparel.
- Bay, n. A mole, a ground animal.
- Ba
- , n. What is spun, as cotton, or drawn into fine threads as gold. n. A monkey.
- Be, v. To go.
- Belehe, adv. Nine.
- Bey, n. Path, road, route.
- Bi, n. A name; ru bi, his or its name.
- Bijh, v. To speak, to talk.
- Bijn, v. To walk, to go on foot.
- Birbot, v. To make a loud, rumbling noise. Ti birbot, ti nicnot, it roars and it rumbles, of the volcano (Varea).
- Bitol, n. The creator. See p. [40].
- Bix, n. 1. Songs, chants, poems. 2. Sparks from a fire (p. [17]).
- Bok, v. To tear up; to pull down; to sell for another; to translate: to defeat.
- Bol, v. To make deep trenches in the soil (“as the Indians of the Sierra.” Varea).
- Boleh, v. To go in a row, in a series, or in a procession. Applied to mountains, when one rises upon another (Varea).
- Boz, vn. To issue forth; hence, of flowers, to open, to blow; of a butterfly, to come forth from the cocoon; of chicks, to[211] come from the egg; of grains of maize, to burst; of men, to proceed from, to be born; xeboço, the absolute form.
- Cabih, n. Day after to-morrow.
- Cacouh, n. Cacao.
- Cah, n. The sky, heaven, the atmospheric region.
- Cah, or Cahi, adv. Four.
- Cahlahuh, adv. Fourteen.
- Cahmah, v. To meet a repulse, defeat.
- Cak, adj. Red.
- Cakix, n. A bird. See p. [199].
- Cal, n. That which is united or joined.
- Camel, n. A mortal. Adj. Humble.
- Camiçah, v. To kill, to slay, to destroy.
- Can, adv. Remaining, aforesaid, already. See Gram., p. 65.
- Cana, n. A captive taken in war.
- Canah, v. To remain, to leave; ti canay, neuter, it appears, it is found.
- Cani, adv. Soon, shortly.
- Canoh, v. To seek, to search for.
- Car, n. Fish, generic name.
- Cauh, n. Ornaments, adornments.
- Cavach, n. Likeness, resemblance.
- Cavuh, Cauh, v. To place anew, to notify, to prepare; to change, to put on again.
- Cay, adv. Two.
- Ca
- , n. Cock (Br).
- Cib, n. Smoke, vapor.
- Civan, n. A ravine, barranca.
- Ci
- , v. To lift up the voice, n. Shoutings.
- Co. A concessive particle. Good! Bravo! Courage! On!
- Col, v. To free, to liberate; to redeem, to save; xoh ru col J. C. chuvach cruz. Christ redeemed us on the cross.
- Coon, n. For cun, pudenda of a woman (Xim); hence, woman.
- Cot, n. The eagle.
- Cou, n. Something rough and violent.
- Couiricah, v. To strengthen, to invigorate.
- Covil, adj. Bold, courageous.
- Coz, v. To rest.
- Cucu, n. Large vase for water.
- Cuçul, n. Cradle.
- [212]Cuke, v. To seat onesself.
- Cuker, v. To be seated; to be content.
- Cumatz, n. A serpent (gen). An eel.
- Cunum Cachak. See p. [206].
- Cuyu
- h, n. A species of parrot.