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Most Common Yucatec Maya Words
Màaya T'àan
Essential Yucatec Maya vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| winik | person / man | WI-nik |
| ixik | woman | i-SHIK |
| paal | child | PAL |
| naaj | house | NAJ |
| ha' | water | HA |
| janal | food | ja-NAL |
| lu'um | earth / land | LU-um |
| k'áak' | fire | K'AK |
| k'in | sun / day | K'IN |
| uj | moon | UJ |
| ik' | wind / air | IK |
| witz | mountain / hill | WITZ |
| che' | tree / wood | CHE |
| kay | fish / song | KAY |
| ool | heart / spirit | OL |
| t'aan | word / language | T'AN |
| kaaj | town / community | KAJ |
| xíimbal | walk / journey | SHI-im-bal |
| ko'ox | let's go (invitation) | KO-osh |
| yoochel | grace / goodness | yo-O-chel |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| bin | to go | BIN |
| tal | to come | TAL |
| janal | to eat | ja-NAL |
| uk'ul | to drink | u-K'UL |
| wenel | to sleep | WE-nel |
| il | to see | IL |
| u'uy | to hear / feel | u-UY |
| t'aan | to speak | T'AN |
| na' | to know | NA |
| k'aat | to want / ask | K'AT |
| beetik | to do / make | BE-tik |
| ts'áaik | to give | TS'A-ik |
| k'ubik | to offer / deliver | K'U-bik |
| kaxik | to search / find | KA-shik |
| okol | to enter | o-KOL |
| xíimbal | to walk | SHIM-bal |
| yáax k'íin | to begin | YAX K'IN |
| tukul | to think | tu-KUL |
| yaakun | to love | ya-KUN |
| meyaj | to work | ME-yaj |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| nohoch | big / great | NO-hoch |
| chan | small / little | CHAN |
| ma'alob | good / well | ma-A-lob |
| mina'an | bad / absent | mi-NA-an |
| yáax | new / green / first | YAX |
| nohoch meyaj | old / experienced | NO-hoch ME-yaj |
| sak | white | SAK |
| ek' | black | EK |
| chak | red | CHAK |
| yax | green / blue | YAX |
| nojoch | tall / large | NO-joch |
| kisin | hot / devilish | ki-SIN |
| síis | cold | SIS |
| k'as | bad / difficult | K'AS |
| ki' | sweet / delicious | KI |
| ya' | painful / sore | YA |
| yaakunaj | beloved / loved | ya-ku-NAJ |
| tuláakal | all / every | tu-LA-kal |
| ko'ox | energetic / moving | KO-osh |
| chúumuk | middle / central | CHU-muk |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| bejla'e | today / now | bej-LA-e |
| ka'abet | yesterday | ka-A-bet |
| sáamal | tomorrow | SA-mal |
| way | here | WAY |
| telo' | there | TE-lo |
| hé'e | yes | HE-e |
| ma' | no / not | MA |
| ka | and / then | KA |
| je'el | perhaps / maybe | je-EL |
| bix | how | BIX |
| tu'ux | where | tu-UX |
| ba'ax | what | BA-ash |
| máax | who | MAX |
| cuándo | when | KWAN-do |
| chen | only / just | CHEN |
| tech | you (singular) | TECH |
| ti' | to / from / at | TI |
| lela' | now / this | LE-la |
| siempre | always | SIEM-pre |
| ku jaantal | at eating time | ku jaan-TAL |