jatsʼuts

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• hatsʼuts, hatzʼutz
• haɔutz (obsolete)

Etymology

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Adjective

jatsʼuts (plural jatsʼutstak)

1. beautiful

References

• Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 65: “JATSʼUTS”
• Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 185: “HATSʼUTSʼ, HATSʼUTS”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 56: “hatzʼutz”
• Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 118: “HAƆUTZ: bello, hermoso, lindo.”