HISTORY OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF YUCATAN AND OF THE ITZAS

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  bix le lo? how is that?
  bix yanil ech? how are you? [Yucatan: bicx a cah?]
  bax a kati? what do you want?
  bax akaba? what is your name?
  max u thinic en? who is calling me?
  max [ts]in [Ts]ic tue? to whom am I to give it?
  mayan ja, there is no water. [Yucatan: manaan ja, minan ja]
  xturuhui, yellow (or jaundice; text says _amarillo_).
  nicte, white.
  chacnicte, red.
  qu[vi]j, henequen. [Yucatan: yaxci]
  kaim, milk. [Yucatan: kabim]
  y[va], a small sapote (?). [Yucatan: zaya]
  ten cin bin ich cah, I am going into the village.
  kayem, gruel made of corn flour. [Yucatan: keyem]
  iz [ts]it, a small tamale made with new corn.
  culen, sit down (imperative). [Yucatan: culen, sit down!