Charles Andrew Hofling Smithsonian-Utah Publications in American Indian Languages Lyle Campbell and Ives Goddard Linguistics This is highly valuable dictionary of the Mopan (Mayan) language. In addition to its many entries, it also provides an introductory grammatical description, as well as general dictionary features such as parts of speech, examples, cross-references, variant forms, homophones, and indexes. The book also contains special sections on orthography and pronunciation unique to this important Mayan language, as well as translations into English and Spanish. The dictionary has the merits well known from other dictionaries of indigenous languages of the Americas, preserving knowledge systems as they are encoded in vocabulary and providing valuable information for numerous fields, including Mayanists, Mesoamericanists, American Indian scholars, anthropologists, historians, linguists, students of Mayan hieroglyphic writing, and members of modern Mayan communities, among others. This is the second book in the new Smithsonian-Utah Publications in American Indian Languages (SUPAIL) series, a joint venture of the University of Utah Press and the Smithsonian Institution.
Charles Andrew Hofling is a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University. His areas of interest are Mayan languages, historical linguistics, and language revitalization. He is the author of Itzaj Maya Grammar.
Mopan Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary Diccionario Maya Mopan-EspaNol-Ingles Charles Andrew Hofling With the assistance of /con la asistencia de Narcizo Asij Ofelia Asis Cajbon Juan LuIs Rodriguez Romelia Tzuncal Ba NicolAs P. Tzuncal FElix Fernando TesucUn Serbelio de JesUs Chiac Cohuoj Hilario Yaxcal Juan Idelfonso Coj Ical Inocensio Cajbon Sunkal MarIa Veronica Pan Choc Contents / Indice Acknowledgments /Agradecimientos INTRODUCTION History of the Mopan Maya Dictionary Project Elicitation Tools USER'S GUIDE 1. Orthography and Pronunciation 1.1. Alphabetic Order 1.2. Phonetic Description and Pronunciation 1.2.1. Features of Articulation 1.2.2. Pronunciation Guide 1.2.2.1. Phonetic Values of the Alphabet 1.2.3. Orthographic Equivalencies 1.2.4. Phonological Processes (Pronunciation Changes) 1.2.4.1. Stress 1.2.4.2. /l/ 1.2.4.3. /'/(Glottal Stop) 1.2.4.4. /j/ 1.2.4.5. Nasal Consonants 1.2.4.6. /b'/ 1.2.4.7. Vowel Length 1.2.4.8. Vowel Harmony and Disharmony 1.2.4.9. Reduplication 1.2.4.10. Spanish Loans 2. Database Format 3. General Features of Dictionary Entries 3.1. Entry Form 3.2. Part of Speech 3.3. Homophones 3.4. Polyvalent Roots 3.5. Borrowings 3.6. Spanish Gloss 3.7. English Gloss 3.8. Examples 3.9. Notes 3.10. Starred Forms 3.11. Cross References 3.11.1. Variant Forms 3.11.2. Cross References to Roots and Other Related Entries 3.11.2.1. Flora and Fauna Cross References 3.11.3. Synonyms 3.12. Indexes LEXICON IN GRAMMATICAL CONTEXT 4. Grammatical Sketch with Emphasis on Features of Lexical Entries 4.0. Detailed Contents 4.1. Person Markers and Pronouns 4.2. Verbs and Verb Phrases 4.3. Adjectives, Adverbs and Participles 4.4. Nouns and Noun Phrases 4.5. Numerals 4.6. Particles 4.7. Expletives and Exclamations 5. Root Type Paradigms 6. Indexes 6.1. Index of Mayan Roots 6.2. Spanish-Mopan Index 6.3. English-Mopan Index INTRODUCCION Historia del proyecto del Diccionario Maya Mopan Instrumentos de elicitaciOn GUIA DE USO 1. OrthografIa y pronunciaciOn 1.1. Orden alfabEtico 1.2. DescripciOn fonEtico y pronunciaciOn 1.2.1. Rasgos de articulaciOn 1.2.2. GuIa de pronunciaciOn 1.2.2.1. Valores fonEticos del alfabeto 1.2.3. Equivalencias OrtogrAficas 1.2.4. Procesos fonolOgicos (cambios de pronunciaciOn) 1.2.4.1. Acento 1.2.4.2. /l/ 1.2.4.3. /'/ (Oclusivo glotal) 1.2.4.4. /j/ 1.2.4.5. Consonantes nasales 1.2.4.6. /b'/ 1.2.4.7. Vocal larga 1.2.4.8. ArmonIa e inarmonIa de vocales 1.2.2.2.9. ReduplicaciOn 1.2.2.2.10. PrEstamos del espaNol 2. Formato de la base de datos 3. Rasgos generales de las entradas en el diccionario 3.1. ConformaciOn de las endradas 3.2. Parte de la oraciOn 3.3. HomOnimos 3.4. RaIces polivalentes 3.5. PrEstamos 3.6. Glosa en espaNol 3.7. Glosa en inglEs 3.8. Ejemplos 3.9. Notas 3.10. Formas con asterisco (formas no usadas) 3.11. Referencias 3.11.1. Variantes 3.11.2. Referencias sobre raIces y otras entradas relacionadas 3.11.2.1. Referencias a flora y fauna 3.11.3. SinOnimos 3.12. Indices LEXICO EN SU CONTEXTO GRAMATICAL 4. Bosquejo grammatical con Enfasis sobre rasgos de entradas lExicas 4.0. Indice detallado 4.1. Marcadores de persona y pronombres 4.2. Verbos y frases verbales 4.3. Adjetivos, adverbios y participios 4.4. Nombres y frases nominales 4.5. Numerales 4.6. PartIculas 4.7. Expletivos y exclamaciones 5. Paradigmas segUn el tipo de raIz 6. Indices 6.1. Indice de raIces Mayas 6.2. Indice espaNol-Mopan 6.3. Indice inglEs-Mopan REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAFIA ABBREVIATIONS / ABREVIATURAS MOPAN-SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY DICCIONARIO MOPAN-ESPANOL-IUNGLES INDEXES / INDICES Mayan Root Index Indice de RaIces Mayas Spanish - Itzaj Maya Index Indice EspaNol-Mopan English - Itzaj Maya Index Mopan-EspaNol-InglEs
