Diccionario Maya

Proto-Ch'olano *ajaw; widespread across all Classic Maya inscriptions

Compound of k'uhul (sacred/divine) + ajaw (lord); first attested in early Classic period

Possibly from *kalom 'tree' + te' 'wood/tree'; exact etymology debated (Stuart 2000)

Compound: b'aah (head/first) + kab' (earth/land); honorific indicating primacy within a polity

Derivation uncertain; title of secondary lords subordinate to an ajaw

Compound: y-ajaw (his lord) + k'ahk' (fire); military title, possibly commander of fire-drill warfare rituals

Proto-Ch'olano *ch'ok 'youth, sprout'; metaphor of plant sprout for heir

Proto-Mayan *ix 'woman, female'; gender marker prefixed to names and titles

Derived from ix (woman) + -ik nominal suffix; denotes noble or royal women

Compound: b'aah (head/first) + kab' (earth/land); variant of b'aah kab', used interchangeably

ti' (at/mouth) + sak (white) + huun (paper/headband); refers to the white paper headband worn by heirs apparent

ah (agent prefix) + k'in (sun/day); literally 'he of the sun/day', priestly title

From itz' (resin, precious thing) + -aat suffix; one who deals in precious/sacred knowledge

Compound: k'in (sun) + ich (eye/face); 'sun-eyed' or 'radiant'; prefixed to royal names to denote solar divinity

Compound: ix (female prefix) + kaloomte' (supreme lord); highest female military-political title in Classic Maya epigraphy

Compound: y-ajaw (his lord) + te' (tree/wood); title of a subordinate lord, possibly a forest or regional governor

Compound: aj (agent prefix) + tz'ihb' (to write/paint); 'he who writes'; title for royal scribes and painters

Compound: aj (agent prefix) + k'in (sun/day); 'he of the sun/day'; priestly title for calendar specialists

Compound: ux (three) + yop (leaf) + huun (headband/paper); the three-leaf headband worn by rulers in Period Ending contexts

Compound: k'ahk' (fire) + ti' (mouth) + ch'ok (youth); epithet for royal heirs engaged in warfare or fire rituals