ajaw
English
Noun
ajaw (plural ajaws)
- Alternative form of ahau.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA(key): /ʔaˈd͡ʒaw/ [ʔɐˈd͡ʒaʊ̯]
- Hyphenation: a‧jaw
Interjection
ajáw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)
Kaqchikel
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ajahw.
Noun
ajaw
Derived terms
- ajawarei
- ajawarem
References
- Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 205
Q'eqchi
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ajahw.
Noun
ajaw
Further reading
- Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [1]
Surigaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *ayaw (cf. Cebuano ayaw).
Interjection
ajaw
Yucatec Maya
Alternative forms
- ahau (historical, since 16th century, Spanish transcriptions)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *ajahw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.haw/
Noun
ajaw
- a god
- a lord, a master, a ruler, a king
- a member of the priesthood, a priest
- the 20th day of the tzolkʼin cycle, when the ruler conducts a ritual to end a kʼatun cycle.
Derived terms
- kʼuhul ajaw (sovereign ruler of a polity)
- ix ajaw (a lady, a queen)