Talk:730-762 CE (Superpowers)

MAYAN WORDS
In attempting to come up with the actual Mayan equivolents for titles given in OTL English, I had a few problems, including a limited lexicon and some grammatical confusion. For the CSA, the best I could do was Olis Wak Jasaw Yuwinik-X Tlahtocaque--which would litterally mean something (I hope!) like "The Conglomerate's Man who always sets up the banner"--but I could not be sure how to mark "man" (winik) as plural. It could be Winikob'. For the Mayan War Council, I had the same problem--the best I could do was Yete'j Olis Kalomte "in the company of the set of general"...nonsense, without the plural marker on Kalomte.

With the Grand Commander, I had a little more sucsess. The title would probably be something like Yajaw K'ak' ([under]lord of Fire), Jub' Ajaw  (war lord), or Lakam Kalomte' (Great General).

Perhaps a professional Mayanist could do better.

Only a amateur Mayanist, 108.56.196.116 19:55, July 16, 2013 (UTC)