mayana
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ya‧na
Noun
mayana
- the ornamental plant coleus (Coleus scutellarioides)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Verb
mayana
- 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
- (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.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r.
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, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 238, 263
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mayana
Adjective
mayana
- hungry
Finnish
Noun
mayana
- essive singular of maya
Anagrams
- mayaan