Yucatec
[yoo-kuh-tek]
- a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán, Mexico.
- Also called Yucatec Mayan. the Mayan language of these people.
- a native or inhabitant of Yucatán, Mexico.
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Hence, we know this engraving to be Yucatec and not Aztec in its origin.
Studies in Central American Picture-WritingEdward S. Holden
It was not dropped by a traveling Aztec; it was made by a Yucatec.
Studies in Central American Picture-WritingEdward S. Holden
The outline, however, resembles some of the Yucatec structures.
The Ancient Cities of the New WorldDsir Charnay
These affinities and resemblances between Yucatec vestiges and those of the Uplands, are of constant occurrence.
The Ancient Cities of the New WorldDsir Charnay
Now in the Yucatec ruins the cornices and lintels of the doorways, of zapot wood, were exposed to the open air.
The Ancient Cities of the New WorldDsir Charnay