mayana

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ya‧na

Noun

mayana

1. the ornamental plant coleus (Coleus scutellarioides)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

mayana

1. to be hungry.

References

• Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedegógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• maya̱na (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majaːna/

Verb

mayana

1. (intransitive) to be hungry
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r:

     Tener hambre. ni,teociui. ni,mayana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• apizmiqui
• teocihui

Derived terms

• mayanaliztli

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 131
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 224
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 238, 263

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mayana

Adjective

mayana

1. hungry

Finnish

Noun

mayana

1. essive singular of maya

Anagrams

• mayaan