Ajaw
Ajaw or Ahau (pronounced IPA-esp [aχa:f] or [axaːu]and written "ajaaw") ('Lord') has two significations in the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It may represent a political title attested from Mayan epigraphic inscriptions, or it may designate the concluding, 20th named day of the divinatory calendar (tzolk'in), on which a king's k'atun-ending rituals would fall.
Background
The word is known from several Mayan languages both those in pre-Columbian use (such as in Classic Maya), as well as in their contemporary descendant languages (in which there may be observed some slight variations). "Ajaw" is the modernised orthography in the standard revision of Mayan orthography, put forward in 1994 by the Guatemalan Academia de Lenguas Mayas, and now widely adopted by Mayanist scholars. Before this standardisation, it was more commonly written as "Ahau", following the orthography of 16th-century Yucatec Maya in Spanish transcriptions (now Yukatek in the modernised style). In the Maya hieroglyphics writing system, the representation of the word ajaw could be as either a logogram, or spelled-out syllabically. In either case quite a few glyphic variants are known. Not surprisingly, a picture of the king sometimes substitutes for the more abstract day sign.
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2009
by: AJyou know what it is
it's time to introducing ma man, AJ
i can try and
i can climb and
i can shine and
i'll be sittin' on the top
i can try and
i can climb and
i can shine and
you better feel me now
nehga na ohl jool amoodo mollatji
nal bogo saramdeuleun modoo da nollaji
jogeumshik geudehdeuleh shisuneul neuggyuh
chim jom ddakgo noppi son deulluh
when i say wave your hands
you need to heundeuluh son
i can promise you oorin mwon ga daleudaneun gul
when i say bounce like us
you need to heundeuluh mom
nala olla nawa gatchi touch the sky
[rap] i tell you what boy
nan chumbootuh chawuni dalla boy
you're not on my level, i'm so hot like (wonder girls)
he can jump like AJ, remember his name (AJ)
he'll be the champ, so go get the CD on your pay day
nal ddala olsoo ubssuh man, i'm so fast like shotgun
noogoo boda gangheh, i'm so strong like Hogan
nal wiheh dalgwuhjin moodeh, ddeuguhwuh like hot sun
(if you got balls) jashin isseum, call me, come & get some
i got you, low low low
you gotta say what?!
blow down below, low low
blah blah blah blah
i got you, low low low
ee mutjin soon gan
2-double-oh-9, AJ comin' up!
i got you, low low low
you gotta say what?!
blow down below, low low
blah blah blah blah
i got you, low low low
ee mutjin soon gan