haʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"
Ch'orti'
editNoun
edithaʼ
- Alternative form of jaʼ (“water”)
References
edit- Stephen Houston, David Stuart, Karl Taube, The Memory of Bones (2013, →ISBN
- Karen Bassie-Sweet, Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities (2014, →ISBN, page 142: "In the Ch'orti' area, the padrino is the prayer maker in the village who conducts the ceremonies for rain. The laughing falcon's “ha-ha-ha” sound resembles the Maya words for water and rain: haʼ and haʼal."
Epigraphic Mayan
editAlternative forms
edit- haʼal, haʼob
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithaʼ
Tzeltal
editNoun
edithaʼ
- Alternative spelling of jaʼ
References
edit- Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification (2013, →ISBN, page 130: haˀ 'water'
- Eugene S. Hunn, Tzeltal Folk Zoology (1977), page 254
Yucatec Maya
editNoun
edithaʼ
- Alternative spelling of jaʼ