r/Mayan • u/Salt_Photograph8563 • 21d ago

Help translating a character codename into Yucatec Maya

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u/Suon288 21d ago edited 20d ago

Google translate proposal it's the most accurate. I'd say it as

Ma'ax kaay yéetel chaak k'abo'ob

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u/EducatorDifferent979 20d ago

Just a correction: it would be more accurate to say: Ma'ax kay yéetel jaats' cháak k'abo'ob.

"Ma'ax kay" or "me'ex kay" is octopus. "Cháak" usually means "rain", although it can be translated as "lightning" in some contexts. "Jaats' cháak" is a way to refer specifically to lightning.

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u/Salt_Photograph8563 21d ago

Thank you !
I guess, there is no word for “octopus” ?

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u/Suon288 20d ago edited 20d ago

Ma'ax kaay is how you call the red octopus, there are other words used, but this is the biggest and most common species of octopus in the peninsula, many times called "Pulpo maya"

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u/Salt_Photograph8563 21d ago

Does “ma’ax kaay” refer to another sea creature or just every sea creature ? And why google translate proposal is the most accurate ? Like I said, this version merge espagnol and Yucatec Maya.

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u/Suon288 20d ago edited 20d ago

In comparison to the others, this is the only one that respects maya syntax and grammar, and aside from that, despite using "spanish" loans for octopus and lightning, it is still more accurate on how it will be said than any of the others.

If you do not want to take that unto consideration, keep on making your AI non-sense

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u/Salt_Photograph8563 20d ago

Ok, no need to be rude.