The Annals of the Cakchiquels

by Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá

• Ça, v. To expose or show to the sun; to dry. Met.; çao ru vach, to show one’s face, to recover power.
• Çach, v. To lose, to become lost.
• Çak, adj. White; bright; light. n. A white or clear thing. A clearing in the forest, cleared land (Varea).
• Çahcab, n. p. [12], for
• Çakcab, n. Literally, white honey; white varnish (Brasseur). Probably “war paint.”
• Çaker, v. To make white, light or clear. To clear a space in the forest (Varea). See p. [199].
• Çakcorovach, n. The dove or quail.
• Çakquiy, n. The maguey, used in making rope, etc.
• Ça
• ih for Çak
• ih, n. Literally, white days, applied to the spring of the year. See p. [198].
• Çamahel, n. Messengers.
• Çanay, n. Sand.
• Ça
• ul, n. A plantain; in gen. any kind of vegetable.
• Ça
• , n. Locusts.
• Çe, v. To row.
• Çel, n. A large painted vase for bathing (jicara pintado, Anon).
• Çeteçic, adj. Circular, rounded. See p. [18].
• Çipah, v. To present, to offer.
• Çol, v. for Tzolih, [q. v.]
• Çol, v. To upheave, to make a revolution.
• Çolo, v. To turn about; to return; to go back.
• Ço
• , n. A bat.
• Çubak, n. A kind of flute.
• Çutulakin, v. To render homage.
• Çuq, n. A cloud, the clouds.

• Cha, v. To say, to tell, to speak.
• Chacan, v. To cover, enclose; to be within or on.
• Chactit ?, from Cha
• , something tied or sewed.
• Chăh, n. The pine tree, the ocote pine.
• Chah, n. Ashes, cinders.
• [213]Chapalcivan, n. See p. [197].
• Chahih, v. To guard, to watch; to protect; to keep. Chahal çivan, the guard of the ravine. See Gram., p. 42.
• Chahir, v. To burn, to reduce to cinders. From chah.
• Chaomal, n. Beauty, fruitfulness.
• Chaomar, v. To yield abundantly.
• Chap, v. To seize, to take, to take possession of.
• Chay, n. A stone. See p. [18].
• Cha
• abeh, v. To receive with pleasure, to take gladly.
• Chee, n. Wood, stick, tree.
• Chi, n. Mouth; aperture, opening; gate; mouth of a river; coast of the sea; edge or border.
• Chi. 1. With, by, to, for, against. 2. In order to, that, and 3. While, during, being.
• Chic. 1. A verbal particle, denoting past time. 2. Already, more. Before vi, the c is dropped, as hun chi vi, once more.
• Chicah. Above, upon, upwards.
• Chicohol. Between yourselves.
• Chicop. A brute, an animal as distinguished from man; met.; a brutish man. See p. [39].
• Chiih (chi ih). Upon, on.
• Chila. There, that way.
• Chin. For, by, by means of, thus.
• Chinak, interrog. Who, which, what?
• Chinamit, n. Town, village. See p. [32].
• Chique. To, for those.
• Chiquichin. To, for those.
• Chiquih. Against those.
• Chire. To, for him, that one.
• Chirih. Behind, against that one; from, out of.
• Chivach. Before yourselves.
• Chive. To, for, against yourselves.
• Cho. To, for, in, until, towards.
• Chocola, adj. In common, communal.
• Cholol, v. To place in order, to arrange.
• Chom, n. A lobster.
• Choy, n. A lake.
• Chucohol, prep. Among, between.
• Chuluc, n. Urine.
• Chun, n. Lime.
• Chunah, v. To whitewash.
• [214]Chupam, prep. Within, in.
• Chuvi, prep. Upon, over, on; chuvi huyu, on or upon the mountain.

• Echa, n. Edible fruits and vegetables. A generic word.
• Elah, v. To humble, to submit to.
• Elebal, n. The place whence something comes forth; as relebal çib, the exit of the smoke, i. e., the chimney (Varea); hence, relebal
• ih, the sunrise.
• Ele
• ah, v. To steal, to rob.
• Ele
• om, n. A thief, a robber.
• Et, n. A mark, sign. v. To mark, designate.
• Etamah, v. To know, to understand; from et, a mark or sign.

• Ha, pron. He, it, that one; it is so; ha ri, it is thus; ha ok, at that time, then, when.
• Hab, n. Rain.
• Hach, v. To divide, to separate.
• Hak, v. To open (a door, the mouth, etc).
• Hal, v. To change, to alter. See p. [46].
• Halal, adv. A little, briefly.
• Halebal, n. That by which one changes or transforms himself, a magic power; an instrumental form from hal, to change one’s garments, etc. See p. [46].
• Halizin, n. A change, an alteration; a change of raiment; the hair of the head (Br).
• Hay, n. House, home. See p. [33].
• He, pron. Those, their.
• Hetah, adv. See [Tak].
• He
• , v. To drive or force away.
• Hilil, v. To thunder, to rumble.
• Hique, v. For
• hique, [q. v.]
• Hit, v. To promise, make vows; to offer.
• Hi
• uh, v. To ardently desire, to covet.
• Hi
• , v. To hang.
• Hol,
  Holih,
• }
• v. To concede, grant.
• Holom, n. The head, a chief.
• Homet, n. Bark of trees.
• Hote, v. To rise, to go up, to mount.
• Hox, n. Branch of a tree.
• [215]Hox, v. To copulate, of men or beasts.
• Hoye, part. Expressing compassion.
• Hoyevah,
  Hoye ru vach,
• }
• v. To have compassion, to extend mercy, to spare.
• Hucu, n. A boat, canoe; a large dish.
• Hucumah, adv. Soon, promptly.
• Hul, n. A hole, a pit, a grave, etc.
• Huley, adj. Deep, profound.
• Huluhut or Hulhut, n. Something burning, on fire.
• Hun, adv. One; a or an.
• Hunamah, v. To make equal, to make ready, prepare.
• Hunchic, adv. The other.
• Hutak, adv. See [Tak].
• Hu
• içic, adv. Only, alone, solely.
• Huyu, n. Mountain, hill, mound; a land or country, or place of residence (nu huyubal, mi pueblo, Varea). The interior as opposed to the coast. See
• Ta
• ah
• .

Hol, Holih,

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v. To concede, grant.

Hoyevah, Hoye ru vach,

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v. To have compassion, to extend mercy, to spare.

• Ikan, n. A load, a burden, tribute, tax.
• Iki
• a, n. The right hand.
• a hand.
• Il, v. a. To reach, to get, to see, to obtain; n. to get to, to arrive at.
• Il, n. Fault, blame.
• In, pron. I.
• Ixim, n. Maize.
• Ixok, n. A woman.
• I
• o, v. To pass on or beyond; to exceed, surpass.
• I
• ovibeh, v. To go on, or beyond.

• Ka, pron. Our.
• Kaçah, v. To put down, to conquer, to destroy.
• Kah, v. To descend, descending. See Gram., p, 64.
• Kahibal, n. The place of descent; hence, kahibal
• ih, the sunset.
• Kel, v. To disobey.
• Ki, part. An interrogative; also, denoting affirmation; often used merely to give strength to an assertion. Gram., p. 71.
• Koch, n. The crow.
• Kul, n. The neck.
• Kup, v. To seize, take by force.
• Kuruh, v. To draw or drag out or on.

• [216]Lab, n. A portent, an augury. See pp. [39], [47].
• Labal, n. An enemy, opponent.
• Labalih, v. To make war, to fight. See p. [47].
• Lehah, v. To fall sick; to grow weak; to be overcome or conquered.
• Lakam, n. The war banner, “bandera de la guerra.”
• Lakeh, v. To bring, to carry, to give.
• Lam, n. The hard part; trunk of a tree, etc.
• Lamaba. To detain one, to prevent him from going.
• La
• abeh, v. To enter into a place, to dwell there; to occupy as a residence (entrar á morar en casa. Varea).
• La
• eh, v. To join or unite two things; especially to unite in the sexual act.
• Lob, n. Magical power.
• Lol, n. The silence or state of desertion left by a pestilence, etc. See p. [38].
• Lo
• , v. To prize, to hold dear, to esteem.

• Macamo, v. To take alarm, to be frightened, to wonder at.
• Maha, adv. Even not, not yet.
• Mahanick, adv. Before that, previous to.
• Malohic, n. A preparation of maize (?).
• Mam, n. Grandchild.
• Mama, n. An old man; pl. mamaa, the old men; nu mama, my ancestors; also the rulers of a village; applied to animals it means the male of the species.
• Mani, adv. No, not.
• May, v. A cycle, especially of 20 years. May
• ih, a calendar for calculating cycles. See p. [31].
• Meal, n. A daughter.
• Meba, adj. Poor.
• Meh, n. A gable in a roof; an angle; a fold in clothing, etc.
• Meho, v. To make an angle or fold; hence, to go to a place and return from it.
• Mem, n. A dumb man; to be dumb.
• Mez, n. A cat. See p. [44].
• Meztah, v. To forget.
• Me
• en, adj. Warm, hot.
• Mi, adv. Particle, denoting recent past time, prefixed to form the proximate preterit tense.
• Mier, adv. Already, previously.
• [217]Mi
• h, v. To tear up, to tear out or down.
• Mi
• hoh, v. To lie to, to deceive; to ridicule, to laugh at, to mock.
• Mol, v. To gather together scattered things, to fill up, to collect.
• Moyeuh, n. A fog, the mist.
• Muh, n. Shade, shadow; hence, fig. protection, guardianship. See p. [20].
• Muk, v. To hide, to conceal; to bury.
• Mun, adj. Hungry, n. A slave. See p. [39].