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Table 1 Yucatec Maya soil names

From: Construction of an Yucatec Maya soil classification and comparison with the WRB framework

Maya

Spanish

English

References

Chaltún

Tierra donde hay lajas,

con poca tierra encima

Soil with laminar

bedrock

Bautista et al.

(2003ab; 2005abc)

Box lu'um

Box: negro

Lu'um: tierra

Black soil

Bautista et al.

(2003ab; 2005abc)

Pus lu'um

Tierra seca, suave

Dry, soft soil

Barrera (1995); Dunning and Beach (2004)

Ch'ich'lu'um

Tierra con grava

Soil with gravel

Bautista et al.

(2003ab; 2005abc), Duch (2005)

Tzek'el lu'um

Tierra con rocosidad

tipo promontorio

Soil with large rock promontories

Dunning and Beach (2004)

Ch'och'ol lu'um

Suelo con piedras

Soil with stones

Duch (2005)

K'an kab lu'um

K'an: amarillo

Kab: abajo

Yellow subsoil

Barrera (1995), Dunning and Beach (2004)

Chak lu'um

Chak: colorado

Lu'um: tierra

Red soil

Barrera (1995)

Ek'lu'um

Tierra obscura,

de las sabanas

Dark soil

Pérez (1984), Barrera (1995), Duch (2005)

Yaax kom

Yaax: antes

Kom: valle, parte baja del terreno

Tierras bajas

Land around low-lying

terrain,

around a swamp

Flores et al. (1994),

Barrera (1995),

Dunning and Beach (2004)