What does "Ixik" and "Ahau" mean?

[librious]

These words keep on coming up when Paititi citizens talk to Lara, but what do they even mean? I suspect Ixik means foreigner, but I'm not sure.

[Jason rifleman]

Maybe outsider or non local people's title.

[2Weak2Live]

ixik = woman
ahau = variant of ajaw or ajaaw, lord or ruler

[Jason rifleman]

Originally posted by 2Weak2Live:

ixik = woman
ahau = variant of ajaw or ajaaw, lord or ruler

Thanks. I am learning.

[volfin]

That answer isn't correct. In the Ixil language, woman = x'ixik

Ixik as presented in the game is the name of a water goddess.

https://www.ancient.eu/article/415/the-mayan-pantheon-the-many-gods-of-the-maya/

"An early goddess of water presiding over the sea, springs, and wells whose name is unknown but is thought possibly to be `Ixik'."

[Crissie]

Originally posted by volfin:

That answer isn't correct. In the Ixil language, woman = x'ixik

Ixik as presented in the game is the name of a water goddess.

https://www.ancient.eu/article/415/the-mayan-pantheon-the-many-gods-of-the-maya/

"An early goddess of water presiding over the sea, springs, and wells whose name is unknown but is thought possibly to be `Ixik'."

Ixil is not the only maya language. There are 21 maya languages and "Ixik" is indeed a maya word for woman, in Ch'orti' Maya to be precise.

[xrogaan]

Been looking for the answer to this question myself, and found some more reference to support the chosen question. Here they are:

• Ahau (ajaw): http://research.famsi.org/montgomery_dictionary/mt_entry.php?id=1264&lsearch=a&search=ajaw
  
• ixik-ki (ixik): http://research.famsi.org/montgomery_dictionary/mt_entry.php?id=308&lsearch=i&search=ixik

Linked website has sound files in wav format, but they don't download properly for me. Probably because of the ancient tech used to build the website. Open the page source (usually CTRL+U), search for "bgsound" (without quotes), and you'll find the url for the sound file. You can then copy the url and paste it in your browser url bar to download the file and listen to how the words are said.