Vocabulary of Mayan - Cakchiquel (Kaqchikel)


1.    mother           te’ej
2.    father           nata’
3.    sister           avach’alal
4.    brother           avach’alal
5.    daughter           mi’al
6.    son           c’ajol


Tumen bay tu yacuntah Dioz le yokolcab, ca tu ɔaah u pel mehenan Mehen, utial tulacal
le max cu yoczictuyol ti leti, ma u kaztal, uama ca yanacti cuxtal minanuxul.


For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Bible, John, 3, 16

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1.    water           ya’
2.    fire           k’ak’
3.    sun           q’ij
4.    moon           ic’
5.    wind           cak’ih’
6.    rain           job


1.    one           jun
2.    two           ca’i’
3.    three           oxi’
4.    four           caji’
5.    five           vo’o’
6.    six           vaki’


1.    cat           sian
2.    dog           tz’i’
3.    horse           quiej
4.    cow          
5.    fish           quer
6.    bird          
7.    tree          
8.    flower          


U yaxchun u maalob pectzil Jesucristo, u Pal Jajal Dios.

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Bible, Mark, 1,1

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1.    white           sek
2.    black           k’ek
3.    red           quek
4.    green           rex
5.    yellow           k’en
6.    blue          
7.    gray          
8.    brown          

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