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muk'tatotil— Grandfather
uu'— Aha, uh uh
k'inobal— Drizzle
ka'— Horse; mule
abtelanel— To make work, to work on
mu'yuk vokol— You're welcome
xut'et'— Embittered
-etik— Noun plural
ba'yi— First; before
t'ojel— To pump to cool a liquid
jtajimol— Player
balch'ujel— To fall apart; to overturn
marauts'— A kind of small ant
patanel— To lay (Chicken)
obal— Cough; phlegm
setel— To cut
at-o'nal— Sorrow, sadness
Vax— 1) Wax 2) Jumbay
muk'ta k'op— Concept
level— Face up (Positional)
mantal— Advice; message
xaab— Chasm
nerich— Squinting
sak-obal— Tuberculosis
volje— Yesterday
jo'oxuk— Second person plural pronoun
xpak'inte'— Crybaby woman
komon ts'unbajel— Collective planting or communal cultivation
yaxte'— A kind of tamarisk
kajonal anima— Coffin
puj— Haunch; Montezuma cypress
ch'inin— Stinging, itch
jo'on— First person singular pronoun
jepel— To crack
bakel chauk— Kind of crystalline stone
maleb k'ak'al— West
t'ixt'unel— To throb
ts'uts'unchab— Anteater
tompom— Black wasp hive
bet'el— Tongue out (Positional)
nene'— Baby
joviljol— Mentally ill
totil me'il— Parents
bats'— Mantled howler
kilil— Thrown like lasso
j-abtel— Worker, minister
xojobal— Reflex
vaj— Tortilla
kuchel— Soportarse; ser soportable
kovre— Copper
lemanel— To lay out the tortilla on the griddle
elamonix— Lemon
puxel— To bend, to fold
-o— Transitive verb imperative marker
Nikavel— To head, to nod
ch'unel— To obey; to accept
likel— To get up; to begin; to go up
mi— If; interrogative particle
-tuk— Alone; self
lajuneb yo'vinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred ninety
jpoxtaej chinamil— Neurologist
ts'isom— Embroidery
chapel— To settle a legal matter; to roll up
krisiano— Christian; person; people
chuchel— To stir, to fan
-ub— Deadjetival suffix that denotes inchoative form
chotiel— To sit down
tilesel— To ignite
Obak— Smut
nulel— To eat the bone; to suck the bone
ts'omol— Bench
samel— Last night
boetel— For woven or thread to unravel; for the hair to fall out
sivuel— To fluff wool to prepare for spinning
Natilal— Highness, height
vojel— To roast
ti'il— Mouth; opening, entrance, door; edge, shore; lip
cha'a— The day after tomorrow
varson— Leather instrument to work with a dumbbell
t'ororetel— For a car to roll with a lot of noise
bakelil— Something's bone
tomtom— Hen of good size; elongated cylindrical thing
tuix— Chives; onion
puyuch'— Parrot
ch'ailte'— Bitter plant
jelbilal paselal sk'ak'alil— Adverb of time
mal k'ak'al— Evening, sunset
jelubtasel— To translate; to pass
tso'-uch— Mexican vulture
pak ch'util— To invite
k'ox bolom— Margay; ocelot
jo'lajuneb— Fifteen
k'uxkul— Pepena (crop that was not collected during the harvest or tapisca)
-pich'— Nominal classifier that counts the number of buns
xapon— Soap
Kakijel— For something to jam
milil— Turned
molni'il— Father-in-law (of a man)
Chijton— Chigton
xikitin— True cicada
xijxunel— To kick
lajcheb— Twelve
boch'ouk junukal— Whoever
yalenal xik— White-tailed kite
K'ajoj— Harvest
epajesel— To pluralize, to increase, to multiply
Be-taiv— Milky Way
ch'ulel— To sand wood; to brush wood; to smooth
bub— Fine as dust
tibol— Meat, flesh
takijel— To dry up
xchanvinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred eighty
t'inel— To bulge
ch'amxojobal— It is believed that receiving the sun's rays in a crack with the hand has an impact on meddling in a matter where one is not called
kokoroko— Cock-a-doodle-do
cha'bok'— Eight hundred
ch'ixte'al— Place of spines
bix— Walking stick
k'extael— To replenish, to replace; to change
Jtob— Twenty
Roberto— Robert
-boch— Nominal classifier that counts objects with liquids inside
vuyel— To move
ts'uyultasel— To bless
komputarora— Computer
Kejlajel— To walk on your knees
pokoibel— To get old
p'olel— To increase, to multiple
-puk'— Nominal classifier that counts the amount of beaten pozol and served in a cup, ready to be drunk
pas kumplir— To turn years
ts'abel— To draw water without moving
kajaltikal vinik— Highlander
smotsobal— Double quotation marks
-eb— Nominal classifier that counts the number of anything
kuchul-tso'— Cuchumama beetle
elmunix— Lemon
bojol— Angry nose
ventana— Window
Chepil— Joseph
muk'ta be— Highway
k'al— Until; when; as soon as
tu— Predicative form of "Smelly, stinking"
k'ojlajetel— To make noise
albil k'op— Lie
tusul— Formed, lined
sijel— To fluff sheep's wool; to elbow
ta slajeb— At the end of
lajcha-— Numeral root of "Lajcheb''
sbalunebal— Nineth
k'ajayob— Instrument to harvest
takijesel— To dry
kuxul— Alive; sober
jinel— To fall apart, to collapse
tsib— Fern
ek'en— Mill board or metate board
Javiel— To lie face up
aktavus— Bus
p'elubtasel— Contraction; to contract
sat— Fruit
semet— Griddle
yakil— Intoxicant
pik'ix— Wet
buy— Where
chijavil— A kind of black wasp
bik'tal lo'il— Phrase
jchanvun— Student
lajuneb xchanlajunvinik— Two hundred seventy
Pochel— To flap
jp'olomajel— Trader, merchant
butum— Painted
Lajunebal— Tenth
utsbaj— Pity
sikubel— To cool
sbeinebtak atolal— Numerical signs
chabajel— To grow corn
nab— Lake; lagoon; sea
komkom— Short
tsayavil— Cook in a party or in a social gathering
akan-sch'aj— Pauraque
cha-— Contraction of Xa-
k'asulajel— To break
slajeb sts'ak k'op— Suffix
tselel— On a large hill (positional)
isak'— Potato
xokta xvakax— To lasso bull
k'ib— Jug
mamobil— Grandchild
k'ante'— Tamarisk
ch'ayel ta o'ontonil— To forget
lajunmil— Ten thousand
chij chon— Boa constrictor
Bot'el— For something to go out of its place
Muyel— To go up
k'anolajel— To beg
baxbol— Person dedicated to something
k'o'— Predicative form of "Rotten"; fertile
Tuxnok'— Cotton
chapajel— To get prepared; for a legal matter to arrange
yalesel— To put down, to lower
k'ojk'unel— To make noise

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