Meaning in Mayan Languages by Munro S. Edmonson

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Feed the dog' 'feed the meat' (9a) (9b) .. ich-t-ik .. ich-t-ik le-tunich-o? le-lumm-o? le-nah-o? le-luuk'-o? 'detour from the road' 'detour around the tree' 'strain out the stones' 'strain the dirt' 'sweep the house' 'sweep out the mud' le-meyah-o? le-taak'in-o? 'pay (for) the work' 'pay the money' le-maak-o? le-t'aan-o? -o? -o? 'defoliate the tree' 'strip off the leaves' The mere inspection of a more detailed type of syntactic evidence suggests a hypothesis concerning the significance of the class of monosyllabic verb stems co-occuring with -t.

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Palatal 'us 'to make a hole' (by insect or worm) 'to blow' bix 'ux 3. 4. he'es ha'as 'to rest' 'banana' he'ex ha'ax 5. 6. kus Was 'golondrina' (bird) 'to spoil, to ruin' kux k'ax 'mature and ready to sprout' (soft as seed or potatoes) 'pick fruits or vegetables' (relative softness) 'to make elastic' 'to roll something in the hands' (to twine) 'to live, life* 'to tie' 36 MARSHALL E. ) Non-Palatal Palatal k'áax 'forest, jungle, long hair' k'os k'o'os 'a portion, a piece, a story, a floor' 'to cut with scissors' 'to cut with scissors' k'ox k'o'ox 'mosquito' 'quick, darting, agile, startled' mas mus múus pòos pa'as p'a'as p'e'es tos táas túus 'to be barely visible at a distance' 'to shave off or to cut close' 'to snort' 'an object with a rotten core' 'to scratch, claw' 'to ridicule, to imitate a defect' 'to score by cutting' 'to sprinkle' 'to line up, to extend' 'asthma, bad air' max mux múux pòox pa'ax p'a'ax p'e'ex tox táax túux 'to mash' 'to pound, to grind hard things' 'a grinding blow' 'a type of fruit' 'to play an instrument, to break' 'to owe' 'to shrink' 'to toss' 'to make smooth, slick, plain' 'to send' 22.

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