Akatek

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Susanne Schüle, Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language, citing Zavala (1992)

Ch'orti'

Alternative forms

• ha'

Noun

ja'

1. water

Reference

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Ch’orti’ - castellano, page 35, 2000

Chol

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Chol Texts on the Supernatural (1965), page 159

Itzá

Noun

ja'

1. water

Reference

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Itza - castellano, page 31, 2010

K'iche'

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Allen J. Christenson, K’iche-English dictionary, page 41

Kiliwa

Noun

ja'

1. Alternative form of 'ja'

References

• Arnulfo Estrada Ramírez, Leonor Farldow Espinoza, Diccionario práctico de la lengua kiliwa (2004, Instituto nacional de lenguas indígenas; Ensenada, B.C., Mexico)), page 106

Mocho

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Victor Juárez Jiménez, Its'bal chu ts'iba we took' didaaktika mocho', Kabil siiklo, Gramática didáctica mocho'. Segundo ciclo (2013, México, INALI)

Mopan Maya

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Charles A Hofling, Diccionario Maya Mopan - Espanol - Ingles (2012)

Tabasco Chontal

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Kathryn C. Keller, Diccionario Chontal de Tabasco, Summer Institute of Linguistics (1997), page 471

Tojolabal

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tzeltal

Noun

ja'

1. Alternative form of ha'
   • Tzeltal language learning guide, page 11:

     Ya cuch' ja'.

     I drink water.

Uspanteco

Noun

ja'

1. water

Reference

• Miguel Angel Vicente Méndez, Diccionario bilingüe uspanteko-español, page 93, 2007

Wastek

Noun

ja'

1. water

References

• wordlist

Yucatec Maya

Noun

ja’ (plural ja’ob)

1. water
2. rain

References

• Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life (2013, ISBN 1456613030), page 90: [...] equivalent to Yucatec bak' ja', in which bak' (like Quiché baq) means “bone” and ja' (like Quiché ya') means “water.”