Yucatec

[ yoo-kuh-tek ]

noun

, plural Yu·ca·tecs, (especially collectively) Yu·ca·tec.

1. a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán, Mexico.
2. Also called Yucatec Mayan. the Mayan language of these people.
3. a native or inhabitant of Yucatán, Mexico.

Other Words From

• Yuca·tecan adjective noun

Example Sentences

The team of archaeologists who discovered the ruins named them Ocomtún, using the Yucatec Maya word for the stone columns found around the ancient city.

From New York Times

In Yucatec Maya, for example, an archaeological site is often called a múul, or hill.

From Science Magazine

Filmmakers hired Maya Mexican actor Josué Maychi to play a shaman and teach cast members his Yucatec Mayan language.

From Seattle Times

“He was working in two languages that are not his first, English and in Yucatec Maya, while performing with prosthetics 15 feet underwater,” Coogler said via voice note.

From New York Times

Those stars were the Pleiades—in Yucatec, tsab, or the rattle of the snake—and he told her that the cluster’s predawn appearances began as the harvest approached.

From Science Magazine