yax

Chuj

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Huave

Noun

yax

1. avocado (tree)
2. avocado (fruit)

References

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 184, 192, 407

Q'anjob'al

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Spanish

Etymology

From English jacks.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡs/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɣ̞s]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡs/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɣ̞s]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɡs/ [ˈʃaɣ̞s]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɡs/ [ˈʒaɣ̞s]

• Rhymes: -aɡs
• Syllabification: yax

Noun

yax m (uncountable)

1. (games) Alternative form of jacks

Further reading

• “yax” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

Sui

Pronunciation

• (Sandong) IPA^(key): /ja˥˧/

Noun

yax

1. grandmother

Tzeltal

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Wastek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ra7x.

Adjective

yax

1. green

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Laalaa ƴoh.

Noun

yax (definite form yax bi)

1. bone
2. crux of the matter

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 260