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majbail— Fight
k'okel— To break off; to cut out
k'alal to jabil— In a year
k'opojel— To speak, to talk
lajuneb svakbok'— Two thousand ten
sonso— Dumb
-van— Intransitive verb maker used with transitive verbs, antipasive voice marker
Bakubel— To get thin
karos— Walker
ch'ixal— Thorny
chi— Henequen
uch— Tenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from June 10 to 29); large American opossum
uma— Mute, voiceless
avetel— To scream, to moan
chamel— Sickness, disease; menstruation; to die
ventina— Window
jechuk— Okay, let it be like this
Jkasya— Garcia
sujel— To hurry up
Javier— Xavier
kuyel— Smallpox
Kastiko— Punishment
ba'yel— First
masan— River shrimp
ch'ulelalnichim— A kind of flower
skuyal jch'ulme'tik— Rubella; varicella
label— To shorten
pobre— Poor
te'el akanil— Shin
jaxel— To khead; to anoit; to stroke
pokel— To wash
aptael— To call by screaming; scream
rominko— Sunday
pik k'obol— To press hand
k'asulanel— To break
totoris— Rooster
mok— Sixth month of the Tzotzil Mayan calendar (from March 22 to April 10); fence
nukulpat— Mexican cypress
k'an alel— To mean, to want to say
va'iel— To get up, to be standing
k'antulan— A kind of yellow colored oak
kujul— Inclined (positional), hunchback, snuggled up (positional)
k'anal mut— Wilson's warbler
bakal— Cob
lajunvinik xcha'bok'— Six hundred
kuxinel— To rust; to get moldy
sujub— Wedge, quoin, chock
na k'obil— Glove
k'atanel— To cross, to interpose
ch'ek— Gallina clueca
ni'molil— Father-in-law (of a man)
vakaxna— House with two waterfalls
jk'ak'al-o'on— Usually angry person
skuel jch'ulme'tik— Chickenpox
-at— Passive suffix
t'uchul— Sitting
biinel— To say someone's name
Lok'em Te'— Place located northeast of the community of Bazom
sokel— To ruin, to break
ch'ixchikin— Common wall gecko
uk— Too, also, as well
ach'ubtasel— To renovate, to renew
bakil patil— Spine
chilil— Blouse
lajuneb xvaxakvinik— One hundred fifty
t'uxul— Wet
ts'uyubajel— To swing
k'ejbil— Saved
ts'isom— Sewing
schibal— Second
tsots k'u'ul— Wool poncho
bolol— Brother-in-law (of a man)
uts'iel— To kiss
nuk' na— Ledge
kaxlan vaj— Bread
uch'umo'— Pozol
osiltik— Field
tan— Call; ash
boch— Gourd; cup
chob— Corn field
ech'omal— Echo
uts'-alal— Relative
tak'el— To answer; to be useful
kok-chikin— Deaf-mute
bilil— Slippery
avil— Today; now
bakunel— Tight, tense
pom— Seventeenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from October 28 to November 16); honey
karse— Jail
mumum— Mexican pepperleaf
p'ajet— Corn that grows alone
likem talel— To come from somewhere
a-— Second person possession mark used with nouns that start with consonant; second person completive aspect mark in transitive verbs that start with consonant; particle that appears with define nouns
Nap'ap— Clingy
xuk'binel— To elbow
ch'amel— To receive
jojoch'— Corn sheet
xuvit— Worm
o'lalti'— Seventh month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from April 11 to 30)
Sarampion— Measles
ts'ujub— Leak
ch'ilel— To fry; to roast seeds or grains such as corn, coffee and broad beans on the griddle
vula'anel— To visit
ak'otanel— To dance a piece of music
mesomajel— To sweep
ch'ich' tsa'nel— Bloody diarrhea (Dysentery)
nop'op'etel— To shine, to glow
chik'inajel— To sweat
tas— Nest
chojnuti'— Net
mek'es— Orange snake, corn king; wild animal similar to the lizard
ip— Sick
sokel— To ruin, to break
bal— Helpful, useful
semel— Flat
ts'ukal— Glottal
pech'pech'— Pachito
tsekel— Relapsed wings
ulel— To evaporate
xa-— Second person incompletive aspect marker used with transitive verbs that start with consonant; second person incompletive aspect marker used with intransitive verbs
koskos k'op— Whisper
x-avu' t'ix— Semicolon
tsajal turasno vomol— Bartlettina
bot'k'ijel lok'el— For something to go out of its place
-otik— First person plural inclusive subject pronoun; first person plural inclusive verbal pronoun used with intransitive verbs; first person plural inclusive direct object
yelanil oy— Positional
poxal— Medicine
karina— Chain
poxtael— To heal
chonob poxil— Pharmacy
komesel— To leave
kitsel— To scratch
pak'el— To smear; to deck
ts'unubil— Selected seed; sowing; seedbed
kapon chon— Armadillo
T'isel— To twist or to tighten yarn
komojel— To get shorter
Telex— Andrew
buts'vanel— To kiss
sapap— Acid; styptic
eil— Mouth
sk'ak'alil— Time
alavena— Spearmint
vuk-— Numeral root of ''Vukub''
ch'ak bail— To divide
o'— Water
pues— Then, well
turumil— Windpipe
bu jotukal— Where, whereby
sets'— Clay plate
leb— A kind of large net, used to load corn
karpintero mut— Woodpecker
banamil— Earth; world; soil, ground
ts'ep'ujel— To stand aside
jol biil— Last name
ch'ulel— Soul; spirit; conscience
xenel— To vomit; vomit
-ukutik— First person plural inclusive suffix
chuvajil— Craziness
ts'— Letter "Ts' "; ah
nijiel— To lean, to bow your head
sutel— To come back
ts'uts'unel— To suck; to shriek
lak'nail— Neighbor
t'en— Shorty (Pejorative)
jech'el— To bite tortilla or fruit
jaxolanel— To khead many times; to anoit many times
junabil— A year ago
vuklajuneb— Seventeen
ti'vanel— To bite; to bark
tan— Lime
sakil ats'am— Mountain salt
laval— Ridgy
luchanel— To climb
ch'ayel k'opojel— To babble
jvula'al— Visitor
lajuneb xchanvinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred seventy
pajal— Attributive form of "Bitter; sour"
tek'tsajel— To root; to pull up
xchumanil— Trunk
-tom— Nominal classifier that counts the number of bunches
kuyel— Blister; smallpox; to blame; to suppose
chanvunajel— To study
manchuk— Although, though
nochanel— To follow very closely
k'uxkumun— White-tipped dove
isisvaj— Tender corn tortilla
ch'upak'te'— Castor
bat'ejel— To cuddle up
t'elech— Basilisk
-tojolal— To
pech'el— To braid; to tie; to step
ve'ebalte'— Table
chamelil— Menstruation
bolil— Whimsey; nuisance; brother-in-law (of a man)
lolo'— A kind of fungus
chanpik— Thirty two thousand
k'ex— Loan; the turned hand
x— Letter ''x''
makal-osil— Field; cloudy

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