| A Basic English - Yucatec Mayan Dictionary |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a little hun p’iit or hump'iit
able to pahtal
abundance ya'ab
ache (n) k’iinam
after tu lak’in
again tu ka teem, ka teen
aguardiente hiim
allow chaik
already tanili
also xan
although kex
ancient uchben
and tun, yetel
answer (n, v) núuk
ant sinik
anxious taak
arrive k’uch’
ask k’aat, kaatik
baby chaanpal
bad k’as
baked pooka’an
banana ta’as
basket xu’ux
bath, bathe ichkíil
be possible páahtal
beach k’a’anab, háal ha
beard me'ex
beautiful (f) kíichpan
Isn't she beautiful? Hach kíichpan, maasima?
beauty hatsutsil
because tumen, beyho’
beef wakax
beefsteak tsabi bak
behind pa’achi, pach
beneath yaanal
big nohoch, nuuk
bird ch’iich’
bitter k’aah
bone baak
book hu’un
bowl luuch
boy xiipal
bread waah
bring táasik
broken chinga’an, kaacha’al
broth k’aab
meat, broth k’aab bak’
burn (v) tóok, tóokik
buy maan, maanik
carry kuuchik
cat mis
cave aktun
celebration cha’an
center chumuk
chat tzíikbal
cheap ma’ ko’ohi
child paal
clothes nook’, buuk
coat nook’il ke’el
cook meent hanal
come (you come) ko’oten
come taal
cool (adj.) siis
corn field or milpa kool
courage ts'íikil
cut down kool, koolik
damp ch’u’ul
day k’iin
difficult talam
dinner o’och
dirty eek’, hach k’as
do beetik
dog pek’
door honah
drink uk’ul, uk’ik
each sansaama
earth lu’um
east lak’in, lik'in
eat hanal, hantik
enough ya'ab
ended tsoka’an
enter okol
enter! ooken
expect páatik
explain tzol, tzoltik
fall down luubul
far naach
fast, quick séeb
fat polok
father taat
finish (v) ts’o’okol
first yáax, taanil
fish (noun) kay
fish (verb) chuuk kay
flower nic te’
food haanal
foot, my foot ok, in wok
friend (mine) in laak
friendly uts
girl xchúupal
give dza
glass píichi
go bin, xíik
good, very good uts, hatsutz
grandfather taatich, nool
grandmother chiich
green yáax
griddle xamach
hammock k’aan
hand k’ab
happiness ki’imak ool, óolal
hard, tough dzuuy
hat p’ok
hatchet báat
have yaan ti
have not mina’an ti
he leti’
height ka'anal
help áantik
Help me! aanteni
hers or his u tial
head pol
heart ool
here waye'
hill muul
his u tial
horse tziimin
hot chokoh
house nahil (pronounced nile)
how bix
how about kux túun
how much bahúux
how many (animate obj.) hai p’eel
how many (inanimate) hai tuul
how’s that? bixih?
hunger wii’
husband, my husband iicham, in wiicham
I teen
if wáah
ill koha’an
important, big nohoch
in front of u tan
inside ‘ichi
is yan
isn’t that right? maasima’ ?
joke (v, n) p'a'as
jug chuuh
juice k’aab
jungle k’áax
just, only chen
just now táan te
kiss (v, n) ts'u'uts'
knee piix
knife, machete maaskab
know someone k’ahool
know something ohel, (often wohel)
language t’aan
large, big nohoch
later, until later ka’ka’te, ta'ak tu la'akin
learn kanik
leave ho’okol
left (direction) dziik
leg káan, okil
let’s or let's go ko’ox
let’s (all) kone’ex
lie, untruth tus
lie (tell untruth) tusik
listen (verb) ‘u’uyik
listen! ‘u’uyeh
little chan
look for kaxan
love (n) yaah
love (v) yaakun, yaakuntik
make (something) meentik
man uinik, máak
many yáab
meet (someone) kaholtik
middle chumúuk
mind (noun) óol
mine (not yours) in tial
monkey tuucha’
more than maas ti’
mosquito chan koxol
mother na’
mouth chi’
much, too much ya'ab
must, I must yaan, yaan in
my in
name k’áaba
near naats'
need, I need k’abeet, k’abeet ten
neither, nor mix
new tumben
no ma’
noon chumuk k’iin
north xaman
nose ni’
okay ma’alob
okay then ma'alob túun
old uchben
old person nuxib (M), (x)nuuk (F)
one hun
orange pak’aal
over there teelo’
over, on top of yok’ol
pain yah
pain (stronger) kinaam
paint (v) boon
papaya puut
pig keek’en
picture ‘awooche uyoochel
place (n.) kahal
plant (v) pak'
plantain ha’as
pool ch’en
poor óotzil
problem toop
prepare beet meen
president nohoch halach winik
pretty kíichpan
previously ka’chi
price tohol
pumpkin k’uum
purse chiim, pawo’
pyramid muul
rain ha’
read xóok
relatives laako'ob
ribs cha’ala’ato’ob
right away séeb
road bel
rock tunich
rope suum
say a’al, a’alik
see il, ilik
send túuxtik
shirt kooton
shoe, sandal xanab
show (v) e’est, e’estik
sing kai
sister kiik
skin (n) oot'
sky káana’
slowly cháam beelil
so béey
soon séeb, háan
soup ya’ach
spice yóoch
squash (noun) K’úum
stay p’áatal
storm chich íik
story tsikbal
sun k’íin
swim baab
three óox
tired ka’anan
today behla(e)
tomato p’aak
tomorrow sáamal
towel cho’obo ha’
turtle ‘áak
up k’aana
urgent seeb
vegetation k’aax
want k’áat
who máax
why báaxten
write dzíibtik