haʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Ch'orti'

Noun

haʼ

  1. Alternative form of jaʼ (“water”)

References
  • Stephen Houston, David Stuart, Karl Taube, The Memory of Bones (2013, →ISBN
  • Karen Bassie-Sweet, Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities (2014, →ISBN, page 142: "In the Ch'orti' area, the padrino is the prayer maker in the village who conducts the ceremonies for rain. The laughing falcon's “ha-ha-ha” sound resembles the Maya words for water and rain: haʼ and haʼal."

Epigraphic Mayan

Alternative forms
  • haʼal, haʼob

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haʔ/

Noun

haʼ

  1. water
  2. rain

Tzeltal

Noun

haʼ

  1. Alternative spelling of jaʼ

References
  • Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification (2013, →ISBN, page 130: haˀ 'water'
  • Eugene S. Hunn, Tzeltal Folk Zoology (1977), page 254

Yucatec Maya

Noun

haʼ

  1. Alternative spelling of jaʼ
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