chital

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi चीतल (cītal), from Sanskrit चित्रल (citrala, “variegated, spotted”) from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “spotted, bright; spot, mark”).[1][2]

Noun

chital (plural chitals or chital)

  1. a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
    Synonym: axis deer

Translations

References

  1. ^ “chital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “chital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃital/

Verb

chital (intransitive)

  1. to lie down
    • 2011, Isaac Esaú Carrillo Can, U yóok’otilo’ob áak’ab. Danzas de la noche‎[1] (pdf), Conaculta, archived from the original on 17 November 2023, page 104:
      [...] ti’ chilajen ti’ jump’éel k’aan tu majáantajo’ob ten le ko’olele’, ka jchilajene’ ki’ tin wu’uyaj tumeen ka’alikil ka’ap’éel áak’ab chéen tu k’ab che’ kin ts’áakimba jwenel.
      [...] I lay down in a hammock that the lady lent me. When I lay down, it was very pleasant for me, since for two nights I had slept in the branches of the trees.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chital
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
imperfective kin chital ka chital ku chital k chital ka chitaleʼex ku chitaloʼob
perfective chilajen chilajech chilajij chilajoʼon chilajeʼex chilajoʼob
subjunctive ka chilaken ka chilakech ka chilak ka chilakoʼon ka chilakeʼex ka chilakoʼob
imperative — chilen — — chileneʼex —
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