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Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela'

Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela'

Name: Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela'
Author: Walter E. Little
ISBN: 9781477333426

An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook

by Walter E. Little, Judith M. Maxwell, Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez) and Ixnal (Ambrosia Cuma Chávez)

Illustrated by Yaxche’ Chanquin Cuma

Published by: University of Texas Press

Imprint: University of Texas Press

386 Pages, 216.00 × 279.00 × 28.00 mm, 23 b&w illus.

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Description
Contents
Authors
Praise

Introduction
Choltzij richin kib’i tinamÏt
Chapter 1. Nimab’Äl K’u’x Maya’ (Maya cosmology)
- Essay: Maya Spiritual Participation in Guatemala
- Language Lessons
- Jun. Cholq’ij (The 260-day calendar)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri rusamajixik ri Cholq’ij
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri loq’olÄj Nimab’Äl K’u’x Maya’
- Ka’i’. Taq kotz’i’j (Ceremonies)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri samajib’Äl richin taq kotz’i’j
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ronojel richin jun jeb’Ël xukulem
- Sidebar: Rutzijol ri xukulem (Explanation of ceremonies)
- Oxi’. Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’ (Daykeepers’ work)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri loqolÄj rusamaj ri ajq’ij
- Sidebar: Kik’exel ri loq’olÄj taq q’ij (Signs of the days in the Holy Calendar)
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’
- Kaji’. Kina’oj ri aj Katolika’ (Catholicism in Maya thought)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Kina’oj ri aj Katolika’ Pa Pwaqil
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri kaxlan nimab’Äl k’u’x
- Wo’o’. Kina’oj ri aj Ewanjeliko’i’ (Protestantism in Maya thought)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Nimab’Äl k’u’x kichin Ewanjeliko’i’
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Xe’oqa na ri Ewanjeliko’i’
Chapter 2. Ri tiko’n (Agriculture)
- Essay: Planting and Eating: From the Field to the Table
- Language Lessons
- Jun. Ri ixim, ri awÄn (Maize and milpa)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rejqalem ri ixim
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Loq’olÄj xim
- Sidebar: Kik’iyik wachinÄq (Growth stages)
- Ka’i’. Ri k’ak’a’ tiko’n (Nontraditional agriculture)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri k’ak’a’ tiko’n
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri Ütz chuqa ri itzel rik’in ri k’ak’a’ tiko’n
- Oxi’. TikonÏk (Planting)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun ala’ niretamaj ri tikoj pa juyu’
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri tiko’n ixim
- Kaji’. Jach’onÏk jÄl (Corn harvest)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri rajawal juyu’
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri jach’on jÄl
- Sidebar: Ri rub’onil ri jÄl (The colors of corn)
- Wo’o’. B’anon q’utu’n chuqa ri wa’in (Food preparation and eating)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun jeb’Ël tzijonem pa ruwi’ ri q’utu’n pa ri nimaq’ij
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Achike nikitÏj ri winaqi’ pa jun tinamÏt
- Sidebar: Ri Ütz chuqa itzel taq ruxla’ pa Kaqchikel (Good and bad smells in Kaqchikel)
Chapter 3. Banob’Äl (Handicrafts)
- Essay: Maya Handicraft Production in the Global Economy
- Language Lessons
- Jun. Rub’anik pop pa Santiago Zamora (Making mats in Santiago Zamora)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun ch’utin tijonÏk pa ruwi rub’anik pop
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): K’atzinel jun xupub’Äl
- Ka’i’. Rub’anik chakÄch ke la Pwaqil (Making baskets in San Jose Poaqil)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike roma k’ayew rub’anik chakÄch?
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri chakÄch chupam ri Maya’ k’aslemal
- Oxi’. Rub’anoj b’uk’Üt, xajab’ Pa Ajyuq’ (Making shoes and sandals in Pastores)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Loq’onÏk pa jun k’ayb’Äl Pa Ajyuq’
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Retamab’al ri ajb’ukÜt
- Kaji’. Rub’anik b’ojo’y pa San Juan SacatepÉquez (Making pottery in San Juan SacatepÉquez)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ajb’anÖy b’ojo’y
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Samaj richin ri b’ojo’y
- Wo’o’. Rub’anik xik’awuj pa Pa K’im (Making kites in Santiago SacatÉpequez)
- Sidebar: Etamab’Äl pa ruwi’ ri xik’awuj (Knowledge about kites)
- Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ch’akonÏk chrij ri xik’awuj
- Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri loq’olÄj sipanÏk xik’awuj
Chapter 4. KamulunÏk: Ri k’ayb’Äl (The market)
- Chapter 5. Samaj pa jay, pa tinamÏt (Work at home and in the town)
  - Essay: Mayas’ Work in Contemporary Guatemala
  - Language Lessons
  - Jun. B’anonÏk jay, ojer chuqa wakamÏn (House-building in the past and present)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Xtb’an jun jay pa Pan Ajache’l
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ojer rub’anikil jay pa Junajpu
  - Ka’i’. Ri t’isonel. Ri ajkem (The seamstress. The weaver)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ajt’ison
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri samaj ajkem wakamÏn chuqa ojer kan
  - Sidebar: Kab’anoj richin b’atz’inÏk chuqa t’isoj (Transitive verbs for spinning and sewing)
  - Sidebar: Ri che’ richin ri (The weaving sticks)
  - Sidebar: Ixoqi’ aj AFEDES (The women of AFEDES)
  - Oxi’. Ri taq samaj pa b’ey (Street work)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri winaqi’ chi yesamÄj pa b’ey
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun samajel pa ri b’ey pa Pan Ajache’l
  - Kaji’. Ri sokanel. Ri t’isonel (The barber. The tailor)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri sokanel wi’aj
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun tikonel aj B’oko’ chi xretzetÄj ruwex
  - Wo’o’. Ri samaj chupam ri champomal (Work in the government)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun k’ayewal ruk’in ri potz’
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Eleq’ chupam ri k’ayb’Äl
  - Sidebar: Maya’ rochoch q’atb’Äl tzij (AlcaldÍa indÍgena)
- Chapter 6. Champomali’ (Transnational and national politics)
  - Essay: Kaqchikel Life in the Postwar Period
  - Language Lessons
  - Jun. Q’axawinaqi’ (Migration)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike roma jun winÄq nib’e pa Pa JotÖl
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): ElenÏk pa taq tinamÏt
  - Ka’i’. K’ayewal pa taq tinamÏt (Violence in communities)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Eleq’oma’ pa tinamÏt
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri k’ayewal kik’in ri itzel taq moloj
  - Oxi’. Keleq’axik ak’wala’ (Stealing children)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk). Achike roma nik’atzin kichajixik ri ak’wala’
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri nimalÄj mama’aj nuya’ rutzij pa ruwi’ jun mo’s
  - Kaji’. Ri raxkeja’ chuqa ri aj pa q’ayÏs (Army and guerrillas)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rax kij chuqa aj pa q’ayÏs
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun tijonel xok aj pa q’ayÏs
  - Wo’o’. Ri k’aslemal chrij ri Nuk’ulem chi rij Kib’anikil, chuqa Kich’ojib’al ri Achamaq’i’ (Life after the Peace Accords)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ruk’atz ri Ruximik Uxlanib’Äl K’u’x
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Rujuxik ri Rujunumaxik Uxlanib’Äl K’u’x
  - Sidebar: Nimab’Äl K’u’x Maya’, ri champomal, ri ajq’ija’ (Maya Spirituality, the national government, and the daykeepers)
- Chapter 7. Yab’il rik’in aq’om (Disease and medicine)
  - Essay: Kaqchikel Healing: Approaches to Individual and Community Well-Being
  - Language Lessons
  - Jun. Ri rusamaj ri aq’omanel (A doctor’s work)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rusamaj ri aq’omanel
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri nimalÄj rusamaj ri Aq’omanel Raxq’ij
  - Ka’i’. Ri rusamaj ri iyom, k’exelom (A midwife’s work)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ka’i’ ixoqi’ k’exeloma’ yetzijon pa ruwi’ kisamaj
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri kikotemal roma ralaxik jun ti ne’y
  - Sidebar: Kirayib’al yawa’ ixoqi’ (Pregnant women’s cravings)
  - Oxi’. Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’ pa ruwi’ ri aq’om (Daykeepers’ work with medicine [revisited])
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike ruma Jun B’atz xukanuj ri ajq’ij tÖq xukÜl yab’il
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri rukusaxik ri q’ayÏs aq’om
  - Kaji’. Yab’il. Ri aq’om, q’ayÏs chuqa kaxlan (Disease and medicine, herbal and chemical)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri k’ayewal kik’in ri taq xane’
  - Sidebar: Choy Quinizilapa (Lake Quinizilapa)
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri itzel yab’il rub’ini’an jÏq’ ojÖb’
  - Sidebar: Q’eqalÄj jÏq’ ojÖb’ (COVID)
  - Wo’o’. KamÏk (Death)
  - Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun, ka’i’, oxi’ na’ oj chrij ri kamÏk
  - Kojsik’in (Let’s read): E tik’asÄs koma kach’alal kaminaqi’
- Chapter 8. KamulunÏk: Ri ik’ (The moon)
- Taq tz’aq’atb’Äl (Appendixes)
  - Appendix A. CholtzÏj (Glossary): Kaqchikel–Spanish–English
  - Appendix B. Kemchi’ (Grammar)
  - Appendix C. Translations of Readings
- Pa Ruwi’ ri Tz’ib’anela’ (About the Authors)