xok

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃok/

Noun

xok (plural xokoʼob)

1. shark

Verb

xok (transitive)

1. to read
2. to study
   • 2023 July 5, Cecilia Abreu, “Talamo’ob yanchaj ti’ kaambale’ ma’ jxu’ulo’ob je’el bix ts’o’okik pak’be’en k’oja’an: Ajxak’al xooko’ob”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya‎^[1], retrieved 2024-02-17:

     Ti’ 100 u túul xoknáalo’ob ku yokol primaaryae’, 92e’ ku béeytal u xokik u séekundarya, 81e’ ku k’uchul tak báachiyeratóo, 39 ku káajsik u líisensiaturáa, ba’ale’ chéen 26 xoknáalo’ob ku béeytal u ts’o’oksik, a’alabij.

     Of every 100 students who enter primary school, 92 study secondary school, 81 enter high school, 39 begin a bachelor's degree, and only 26 students complete it, they reported.

3. to count

Conjugation

conjugation of xok

	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
imperfective	kin xokik	ka xokik	ku xokik	k xokik	ka xokikeʼex	ku xokikoʼob
perfective	tin xokaj	ta xokaj	tu xokaj	t k xokaj	ta xokajeʼex	tu xokajoʼob
subjunctive	ka in xokej	ka a xokej	ka u xokej	ka k xokej	ka a xokeʼex	ka u xokoʼob
imperative	-	xokej	-	-	xokeʼex	-

Derived terms

• xoknáal

Related terms

• xook

References

• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual, Sendai: Tohoku University, page 103: “XOK”