VOCALIC • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Vocalic

... genitive and ablative relations is the termination il. This is called "the determinative ending," and denotes whose is the object named, or of what. It is occasionally varied to al and el, to correspond to the last preceding vowel, but this "vocalic echo" is not common in Maya. While it denotes use, it does not convey the idea of ownership. Thus, u c[h]een in yum, my father's well, means the well that belongs to my father; but c[h]enel in yum, my father's well, means the well from ...

— The Maya Chronicles - Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 • Various