báalam
Yucatec Maya edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.
Noun edit
báalam (plural báalamoʼob)
- jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Synonyms: chak bolaʼay, chak moʼol
- (mythology) guardian of the forest
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
báalam (intransitive)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of báalam
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| imperfective | kin báalam | ka báalam | ku báalam | k báalam | ka báalameʼex | ku báalamoʼob |
| perfective | báalamnajen | báalamnajech | báalamnajij | báalamnajoʼon | báalamnajeʼex | báalamnajoʼob |
| subjunctive | ka báalamnaken | ka báalamnakech | ka báalamnak | ka báalamnakoʼon | ka báalamnakeʼex | ka báalamnakoʼob |
| imperative | - | báalamnen | - | - | báalamneneʼex | - |
References edit
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 20: “BÁALAM”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 32: “BALAM”
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Tigre. Balam, chacekel.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50: “báalam/balan”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 14: “BAALAM: tigre.”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 18: “BALAM, BALAMIL: tigre, leon.”