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ch'ailtasel— To smoke
osilal— Country
chek'el— To wet hair
ixijel— For corn to be removed
jun— One; a; paper; book
karta— Letter
tana— Today; yes
bitsbits— Thin
ipanel— To eat; to digest
roxox— Rose
chachal-toj— A kind of green worm
k'usi— What; which; something
chikinte'— Mushroom
k'upiltasel— To adorn
mu k'uk no'ox— Invariable
chi— Century plant, maguey
jeltosal k'op— Linguistic variant
stuk'il o'ontonal— Loyalty
ilinom— Grumpy
k'elom— Chosen; indicated
unen— Tender; small: kid
k'ux chikinil— Earache
palta— Blemish
chak'al-te'— Wren
sak k'oplal— Chaste
k'orochoch— Acorn woodpecker
ch'ix pukuj— Chicory
ch'ojon— Lasso, rope, lariat
ts'uk— Glottis
kejp'ujel— To fall to one's knees
cha'a— Then
marero ch'o— House rat
k'anil— Attributive form of "Yellow"
lumal— State
ichtik— Chili field
schochobal tulan— Acorn
sik'olajel— To smoke
k'orok'il— Windpipe
sakubtasel— To cleanse
j-eov— Person carrying something, carrier
ixtalal k'obil— Ring
x-ak'il chenek'— Lima bean
Benjamin— Benjamin
x-— Female nominal classifier
tselanel— To place flat objects on their sides
sk'oxil okil— Little toe
bankilil— Older brother
vakpik— Forty eight thousand
k'ejintael— To sing
k'uyelan— How
pits'el— To squeeze
pojel— To defend; defense
ch'ojonuk'— Heron
nakal— To live somewhere, to inhabit
Chiapas— Chiapas
chi'— Predicative form ''Sweet; salty''; nance
ch'orin— Yellow bells (Name of a tree)
tse— Raw; green or tender fruit
yalbal— Down
komajesel— To shorten
situbel— To swell
muk'ibel— To grow up
sot'ol— Dehydrated; wrinkled
sak ichilmut— Western cattle egret
lich'emal— Infection, inflammation
but'ul— Cloudy
me' k'op— Grammar
k'u sjalil— Since
k'obil— Hand
junab— Next year
aboltajel— To weaken
ch'ailpox— Chichipate
ixmajel— To tresh corn
set'el— To pinch
mochiejel— To lay down
ch'enel— To hollow out, to deepen
likel— To get up; to begin, to start
j— Letter "j"
avokoluk— Please
xoka— Rope, leather rope
ch'ayel— To lose something
k'anel ta ch'om— To borrow
Kutsik— Puppy
batsal— Pulled (Positional)
vov— Green fly
pikel— To pulse; to grab; to touch
ik'lom-chon— A kind of black snake
aja chon— Rattle snake
ch'itetan vinik— Male clown
isis vaj— Corn tortilla
jatel— To break
jutukajel— To decrease
scho'al ek'en— Metate of the table
chanul ixim— Weevil
ch'ultajesel— To santify
me'k'ok'— Piece of firewood
ch'aj-mut— Parauque
may chenek'— Peanut
chu'ul— Breast; milk
jchabiej-chij— Shepherd
k'u'ilal chij— Jacket; blanket
tuxnik'— Mexican butterfly weed
ta skoj taje— Because of this
bajbil choy— Canned sardine
yakil-o'— Chicha
buy— Where
ixtalal— Toy
chenk'ul vaj— Bean memela
chon eal— Cavities; toothache
ni'el— To tilt
sjam smak— Parentheses
xepu— Bait
ik'pulan— Early morning
xjelav spaselal— Transitive verb
oviel— To get crazy, to go crazy; to have rabies
yutil— Bottom; inside
ts'ak— Boundary marker
kulanto— Coriander
aska— Sugar
vakax— Beef; cattle; bull, cow
ak'ubaltik— Night
t'in— Arcuate
ch'ilbil— Fried
pana— Backyard; outside
kulul— Half cross-eyed
solsun— Loose
balun-— Numeral root of "Baluneb''
bitel-vo'— Waterfall
buch'u junukal— Whoever, anyone
k'aep— Trash, garbage
cha'kuxesel— To revive
bak'el— Noise
bitsel— To throw; to wag the tail; to hit with a stick or lasso
ech'em— Very; a lot
kuxel— To rest
muk'ta ajvalil— Government
kuchulajel— To carry
paix— Begonia
mesov— Sweep
yich'el ta muk' santoetik— Idolatry
schexekil itaj— Colito
chanob-jun— School
k'usi sventa— For what
balunbok'— Three thousand six hundred
jtakbol— Apostle
bajal— Nailed
bik'tal kuel— Varicella
Ts'oklijel— Sprain
namal— Attributive form of "Far, distant"; distance
na kaxlan— Hen house
ichil akov— Castilla hive
ts'alel— To tie by third
chan-ok-ni'— Terciopelo
lumil ch'o— House mouse
ch'elop— Side, flank
Kuruston— Kuruzton
nop'iel— To stick like a bug
ch'ayel k'otel o'onil— Frightened; amazed, surprised
jchopolk'optavanej— Blasphemer
puch'anel— To lay down
chakarante'— A type of yellow wasp
chijubil— Sieve
ch'ajubel— To get lazy
ak'-ch'ix— Undergownth
chab-jom-chon— A type of snake
ch'ekulajel— To cluck
ch'ikel— To repair, to fix
ch'ipel— To walk a child
ak' ak'ot— To dance
cha'ton— Flint
slekilal ich'el ta muk'— Courtesy
tsulul— Cheap
ol k'ak'al— Noon
be-vo'tik— Brook
k'opal— Language
chamebal— Poisonous
mu-itaj— European black nightshade
p'itom ch'ak— Flea
schik'obil-tan— Lime kiln
sa' k'op— To fight
jovil-ilinel— To get angry without reason
lajuneb jbok'— Three hundred ninety
ik'ik sba— Brown
yech'omal eil— Voice
li-— Intransitive verb completive aspect used by the first person
jal— Slow
kantela chon— Coral snake
oxvinik— Sixty
jol akanil— Knee
krem vinik— Young man, single man
ch'ik ch'ik mut— Wilson's warbler
chij— Sheep
chibajel— To get discourage
k'alal— When; as soon as; low; to, until
tusina— Cob worm
bat me— See you, goodbye
tuluk'— Domestic turkey; turkey
pich'il— Loaded with fruits
baluneb— Nine
pas k'op— To fight, to war

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