chaʼan

See also: chaan, chá-an, and chá'àn

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃáa̰n]

Noun

chaʼan (plural chaʼanoʼob)

1. a show
2. a festival
3. a video
   • 2025 January 14, “Paalal, u jach k’a’ananil ti’al u kuxtal máasewal t’aano’ob”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya‎^[1]:

     Aaron Puc Chi yéetel Roger Arturo Och Pomol, ajka’ansajo’ob tu najil xook Jacinto Uc de Los Santos, tu kaajil Kanxoc, tu méek’tankaajil Saki’, tu ts’áajo’ob k’ajóoltbil u meyaj Maaya wayak’, tu’ux ku beeta’al u doblajeil cha’ano’ob ich maaya t’aan, u ya’abile’ caricaturas ku k’a’abéetkunsa’al yéetel le mejen paalalo’ob te’el najil xooko’.

     Aaron Puc Chi and Roger Arturo Och Pomol, teachers at the Jacinto Uc de Los Santos school in the town of Kanxoc, in the municipality of Valladolid, presented their project "Mayan Dream", which involves dubbing videos into Yucatec Maya, mostly cartoons, which they use with the children at the school.

Verb

chaʼan (intransitive)

1. to watch something entertaining

Conjugation

conjugation of chaʼan

	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
imperfective	kin chaʼan	ka chaʼan	ku chaʼan	k chaʼan	ka chaʼaneʼex	ku chaʼanoʼob
perfective	chaʼannajen	chaʼannajech	chaʼannajij	chaʼannajoʼon	chaʼannajeʼex	chaʼannajoʼob
subjunctive	ka chaʼannaken	ka chaʼannakech	ka chaʼannak	ka chaʼannakoʼon	ka chaʼannakeʼex	ka chaʼannakoʼob
imperative	-	chaʼannen	-	-	chaʼanneneʼex	-

References

• Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 36: “CHA’AN”
• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 10: “CHA’AN”