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tsobol naetik— Cologne
ajval— Owner; antagonist; responsable
k'ubanel— To entrust, to task
ch'ijil— The way to find or see the solid gourds and stones in the field
kots— Rooster
j-al-k'op— Liar
k'otox— Name of a plant
juxton— Sharpening stone
xibat— Bye (Used by the first person singular)
k'op— Language; word; brawl; war; tongue
ton-e— Rufous-collared thrust; cherry tree
ch'okovil— Ring
vo'otikotik— First person plural exclusive personal pronoun
yanil ka'— Gallop
altar— Altar
pituvil— Tamale with whole and tender bean
vo'tik— Rainy stay
nupel— To find
chanvinik— Eighty
arpa— Harp
nak'obal— Shade, shadow
pixolil— Hat
chib— Two
purovok— Eurasian collered dove
volvol— Round
a'iel— To listen, to hear; to understand; to approve; to feel
k'abanel— To chop or cut
ak' kastiko— To punish
kuxetel o'onil— To be happy
vik'el— To open your eyes
soj— Acute
komon k'op— To agree
kastiya— Castile
jelbilal paselal yepalil— Adverb of quantity
ka'— Horse
naka— Just; almost
Chep— Joseph
vo'onkutik— First person plural exclusive personal pronoun
vokot— Chachalaca
jach'al— Open mouth
chuch— Squirrel
pat ton alak'— Eggshell
vixil— Older sister
texerex— Scissor
be ch'ich'— Vein
akanil— Foot
ch'ayel ta jolil— To forget
ichil— Vesicule
Balun ok'es— Tropical mockingbird
ilinel— To get angry, to get annoyed, to get disgusted; to scold
nutsel— To rush around, to pursue; to hound; to drive away
yochob— Sink
Limoxna— Alms
yail— Attributive form of "Spicy"
pas avanel— To scream
k'otel— To get somewhere; to happen
jalavajel— To knit
chinin— A kind of elongated avocado, with little flesh and a large, elongated seed
kanova— Canoe; boat
jpoxtaej satil— Ophthalmologist
pochan— Clumsy
av abtel— Callus
pajel— To stop
paxyal— Walk
k'uxubajel— To do a favor
pop— Duffel bag
kastilya— Spanish language
mayil— Black seed squash
xetuvinbe— Crossroad
-pech— Nominal classifier that counts the number of boards, coastal, sheets, and other flat table-like objects
k'uxul— Pain
paxtolajel— To shepherd
xuvit— Worm
koy— Frame
puch'el— To lie down
ti'el— To eat meat, beans, etc.; to bite; to sting; sting; to devour
yak'obil ta ilel— Locative
chi'— Predicative form of "Sweet, sugary''
chi'in ants— For a man to have sex
ch'omol— Turned on, on
resku'— Soda
ch'ulnich'onil— Godchild
manta— Blanket
exkenya— Large wooden bench
ch'enxok— Plowman
alperes— Second lieutenant
elanel— To be
nene' xik— American kestrel, sparrow hawk
chij— Sheep; deer
chopel— To abandon
-lok'el— Nominal classifier that counts the number of times
te oyanik to me— Goodbye, bye (plural)
k'uxubinel— To take care of; to esteem; to support or help economically; to love; to have affection mercy
Som— Protection
Xalik— Salvador
no'ox— Only, just; always
muk'tik kuel— Smallpox
muj— Predicative form of "Delicious"
me— Maker of yes-no questions
-chol— Nominal classifier that counts rows
ek— Too, also, as well
sjak'obilal— Question mark
abtejebal— Office
Pak'ayom— Green bean
k'atinel— To get warm
ut mok— Yard
ch'och'om— Bullet-hole or bird-piloted
ts'ib— Alphabet
ba unen— Firstborn
t'imil— That a lasso is stretched
JKomes— Gomez
majel— To hit, to punch
iv— Chinin (A kind of elongated avocado, with little flesh and a large, elongated seed)
lo'il— Conversation, talk, sentence; dialog; gossip; news; comment
ts'akel— To adhere, to unite, to bind; to install
ts'ajel— To soak, to ferment
juynom— Unique son
Kakate'— Cocoanut
tsobajel— Meeting, assembly
smelolal sts'akalul k'op— Morphemic
akte'— Black natural wooden cane, uses by police in some indigenous villages as a weapon
lajuneb sjo'lajunvinik— Two hundred ninety
vilobtasel— To jump something
t'ot'— Land snail
-xet'— Nominal classifier that counts pieces or slices of fruit, etc
k'ok'oron— Giant cicada
levul-ak'— Big net
-tuch'— Nominal classifier that counts the number of pieces of lace, section of a road, etc.
-tasel— Suffix with which causative verbs are formed from “inchoatives” roots.
al k'op— To swear
p'osiel— To trip on
melko'on— Sadness
yakubel— To get drunk; drunkenness
yach'el— Pancreas; spleen
map'el— To adhere
jpas na— Construction worker
jamal-osil— Open field
bechel— A human lying on his/her back like a baby thrown (positional)
asuka— Sugar
Yut Tsibtik— Place where a species of fern was abundant, located between Busumtan and Jocosic
Elena— Elena
kapulan bail— To mix
K'ok'sat mut— Yellow-eyed junco
muk'ta chanobvun— University
jo'onkutik— First person plural exclusive pronoun
bus— Crab
lajinel— To finish a thing; to eat
chakilo'— Downpour
Joj— Raven
Po'om— Red mombin
mats'— Pozol
k'ob-chukil-chon— Milk snake
pruvok— Wild dove
jpoxtaej ni'il— Otolaryngologist
vok'el— To break
kajanab— Loft; shelf, table or special broad to put something on
atel— To count; to calculate
koxo— Lame
a'— Focuser
epajesbil— Plural
ixkalera— Stair
ayin— Morelet's crocodile; American crocodile
lukum— Worm
ni— Thin mass
akanil— Leg
k'usi ora— When, which day
-aj— Deadjetival suffix
te xabatik— Goodbye, bye (plural)
jit'— Big claw river shrimp
tut— Field horsetail
-onkutik— First person plural exclusive direct object; first person plural exclusive subject pronoun
lok'eb k'ak'al— East
sisak— Third month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from February 05 to 24)
toyol— High
abtejel— To work
sik'olol— Cigar, cigarette
pas ta kuenta— To obey
tsebal— Young female
jolompaxak'— Pinuelo
panmuk'tael— To spy
ak'in— Cleanup, cleaning (of the cornfield, vegetables, etc.); weeding
kuxesel— To revive
lajuneb xcha'vinik— Thirty
tseb— Girl; young woman, lady
suy— Hairless; stone
yaxaltik— Pasture, field; fertile land; meadow
lek o'onil— Kind
tsa'nel— To defecate; diarrhea
jmanolajel— Buyer
naka to— Just, almost; a moment ago
jpoxtaej olol— Pediatrician doctor
asiete— Oil
tijel— To play an instrument
upanel— To push
ta yut— Inside
av ak'al— Censer
se'el— Slanting
joybijel— To turn around
buyuk— Wherever, everywhere
Okem— Oquem

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