Causes and symptoms. The primary cause of respiratory alkalosis is hyperventilation. This rapid, deep breathing can be caused by conditions related to the lungs like pneumonia, lung disease, or asthma. More commonly, hyperventilation is associated with anxiety, fever, drug overdose, carbon monoxide poisoning, or serious infections.
Mayas. 1  1a : a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in inscriptionsb : yucatec; especially : the older form of that language known from documents of the Spanish period. 2  2 : a member of a group of Indian peoples chiefly of YucatÃ¡n, Belize, and Guatemala whose languages are Mayan.
Maya [maya]â² as a girls' name is pronounced MYE-ah. It is of Spanish, Hindi and Russian origin. In Spanish, short form of Amalia. In Hindi, from Sanskrit, meaning dream, illusion. In Russian, a form of Mary. A star constellation. See also Mai. Also form of May.