báalam

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Noun

báalam (plural báalamoʼob)

  1. jaguar (Panthera onca)
    Synonyms: chak bolaʼay, chak moʼol
  2. (mythology) guardian of the forest

Derived terms
  • báalam kaab
  • báalam kaan
  • báalam kaaʼ

Verb

báalam (intransitive)

  1. (Mérida, Valladolid) to stalk like a cat
    Synonym: chʼúuk

Conjugation
conjugation of báalam
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
imperfective kin báalam ka báalam ku báalam k báalam ka báalameʼex ku báalamoʼob
perfective báalamnajen báalamnajech báalamnajij báalamnajoʼon báalamnajeʼex báalamnajoʼob
subjunctive ka báalamnaken ka báalamnakech ka báalamnak ka báalamnakoʼon ka báalamnakeʼex ka báalamnakoʼob
imperative - báalamnen - - báalamneneʼex -

References
  • Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 20: “BÁALAM”
  • Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 32: “BALAM”
  • Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 177: “Tigre. Balam, chacekel.”
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50: “báalam/balan”
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 14: “BAALAM: tigre.”
  • Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 18: “BALAM, BALAMIL: tigre, leon.”
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