báalam

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• báalan, baalam, balam, balan

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼahlam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓáːlam/, [ˈɓáː.lam]

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.”