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exel— Popped, overcooked
Javax— Bean
ch'ukch'util— Man's girdle
ojtikinbil— Known
boel— From woven or thread to unravel; for the hair to fall out
its'inal— Younger brother; nephew (younger person)
muk'ta totil— Great-grandfather
chanib xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of ''Chanib xcha'vinik''
julio— July
chin-ak'— A kind of liana, which looks as if it had smallpox
ja't'isajel— To sneeze
-jot— Nominal classifier that counts the number of sides
x-— Third person incompletive aspect marker; variant of s- used with nouns with x, ch' or ch; variant of s- used with verbs that start with ch, ch', p or m
kuts'an nuk'il— To crouch, to bend, to lean
jok'onab— Instrument to string things up
te xakom— Goodbye, bye (singular)
ik'el— To call; marriage
alalil— Weight
asate— Oil
jlikel to— See you later
kꞌok' chon— Cob worm
bix— Weeping bamboo
bakni'al ixim— Weevil
chij— Sheep
vexil— Pants
k'atimol— Heating, warm-up
Mochol— Lying down (Positional)
chanul pom— Bee
surkuk— Owl; Montezuma pine owl
jun— One; a
bak'in— Early; when
yajval jteklum— Natural indigenous of a town
at-o'onil— Sorrow, sadness
p'ilix— Chapulin, grasshoper
jpoxtaej chikinil— Otolaryngologist
k'anch'etan— Dark brown
kokoris— Deaf
chukel— To tie up, to fasten; to jail; jail
'— Letter " ' "
elanil— Adjetive
-sien— Nominal classifier that counts the number of hundreds
ch'ich'bot— Sangre de drago
unen mu— European black nightshade
okots— A kind of lizard
k'a' pok'il— Old rag
chechev— A kind of fungus that grows on rotten trees
bak— Bone; skinny
kulantuch'o— Rat coriander
tsekil— Skirt
botibel— To freeze
k'ajel— To harvest the cornfield
o'ot— Second person singular personal pronoun
Xavax— Sebastian
kitik— Dubitative
bijan me— Be careful (singular)
nats'il— Necklace
va'lel— To stand up
yaijel— To get hurt
Pitsel— To extract, to rip out
nup'em chenek'— Memela
yilobil sbi vinik-ants— Nominal classifier (names)
tulan— Oak
k'uk'umil— Feather
altal— Altar
vaxaklajunvinik— Three hundred sixty
setset— Circle
toyel— To rise, to increase
enero— January
Metsel— Lying down (Positional)
Lesempriol— Desenfriol
Lavux— Hobnail
tsajel— To release, to brand new
risano— Christian: people; person
koxtiya— Rib
Supul— Corn butterfly
asarol— Roaster
lokel— To break ground
k'epelal— Lent
jechun ek— Me too
me'kaxlan— Hen
ja'ik— Third person plural pronoun
kumare— Midwife
cholel— To line up; to comment step by step
jlek'vanej— Licker
t'or— Sound of a car when rolling
tsotsol— Name of a bird
bik'tajel— To decrease
likel— To lift
lajesel— To finish
lomel— To fall
k'ob te'— Branch
almario— Closet
j-abtel vakax— Ox, yoke
martomo— Butler
ilel— To see, to look at
Va'alte'— Castle
ipajesel— To make someone sick
tsu'u'satil— Squinting
abtejebal— Tool, instrument; weapon
tsotsan batel— Good luck
k'uxben chon— Toothache; cavities
Vots'el— To stir
turich'— Dragonfly
me'tak'in— Treasure
i-— Intransitive verb completive aspect used by the third person
chavetel— To provoke; to cunningly feel; to walk slowly as if ill
vaxiel— To calm down
lima— Lime; file
ch'ajubel— To get bored; to become lazy
ve'el— To eat; food
jo'ox— Annatto
alvanux— Radish
oxompek— Poisonous fungus
sjunlejal lumalil— National
tsotsni'te'— A kind of tree with brown leaves
turasno— Peach
ch'olel— To put liquid in a bottle, or seed in a hole
te— There (demonstrative and temporal particle)
u'ninbil ch'om— Integrated loanword
k'oponel— To speak to someone
amapola— Poppy
bojel— To cut
som ovol— Type of zero tillage that had been practiced since ancient times, consists of sowing in the plot where the crop stubble is still pass remain uncut or when stubble and grasses were already used by the cattle
-olaj— Antipasive intransitive verb maker used with transitive verbs
k'uk'toj— Guatemalan fir
koltael— To help; help; to release, to unleash; to support; to save; salvation
ta yak'ol— Above
Kovyerno— Government
Chochel— 1) To pull 2) To drag
tsekil— Petticoat
lobolal— Fruity
ak' vo'— To rain
k'ojoj— Unpleasant smell
pech'— Duck
ch'iel— To grow up
kokonel— To empty from one container to another
st'ujobil k'u x-elan— Classifier
jabnal— Mountain; jungle
kulkul mut— Montezuma pine owl
kusubail— Towel
komon k'elbail— Mutual care, mutual surveillance, living in community; It also means taking care of each other, monitoring and protecting the interests of the community; Monitoring and caring for the territory, its mountains, waters, animals and minerals is also caring for and protecting the members of the community
takiti'il— Thirst
mu'yuk o— Never
ti' chak— Anus
atikel— To bathe
ja'— Third person singular pronoun
axibal— Umbrella; parasol
sibejel— To wood
sunul— A kind of wasp that produces honey
onte'— Strawberry tree
tik'el— To introduce, to put in, to insert
vakvinik xcha'bok'— Five hundred twenty
t'osolinel— To trip on
jamalaltik— Cleared, dismount
pas chonlajel— To sell
juch'umajel— To grind
tanke— Swimming pool
ts'isom— Embroidery; sewing
o'binajel— To cough
asero— Steel
mut'iel— To bury
naraxa— Orange
pas orasion— To pray
t'— Letter "t'''
tsajal chij— Central American red brocket
altik— In vain, it's a lie, it's not true
pexu— Peso
yaxal chij— White-tailed deer
o'nil— Heart
tuxum— Cob that doesn't have many grains
jayib— How many
totil— Father
sikiketel— To cool down little by little
yoxibal— Third
vach— Twin
k'ucha'al— Why; how; how much; like
makal— Closed
jteklum— Town; municipal head
vok'el— To break; to split firewood
saksaktik— Half white
tabpat— Band for weaving
chol bail— To line up
jit'-ak— Thin rope for weaving
amiko— Friend
ts'uil itaj— Common amaranth
J-Santis— Santiz
suyton— Name of a foot disease
chakpoman— Ocher red
tajyalel— Particle that expresses facts and intensity
¿mi li'oxuke?— Good morning, afternoon, evening or night (question, plural)
Kakijesel— To jam
pak'anel— To falsely report
Ok'es— Trumpet
osil— Ground, weather
mulavijel— Adultery
k'oletajel— To run very fast
ovolajel— To sow
chochov— Acorn
un— Then, so
chabajel— To farm

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