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vulel ta jolil— To remember
nauxa— Razor
lechanel— To serve some food or thing
kekeketel— To cluck
Jolbolom— Place located on the east side of the Jocosic community center
jemel— Collapse; to collapse
lanal— Wet
ip— Sick; sick part
jpoxil— Healer
tuk'ibel— To get perfected, to improve
ch'ayk'in— Fourth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from February 25 to March 01
ech'— Tecoluma
kuchultso'— Cuchumama beetle
vo'lajunvinik xcha'bok'— Seven hundred
totil— Father, dado old man
ch'uch'ulchon— Parasite; insect
Po'an— Red mombin
chopolal— Bad, fault, fail
sbakel jolil— Skull
tek'omte'— Stair
tsajaljol— Turkey vulture
j-abtel— Worker
altsajel— To run out
chan-vun— School; study
Kapel— Coffee
xot— Graphics, letter, spelling
nikel— Tremor, earthquake, quake; to tremble, to vibrate, to move
bajlep— Corn that grows by itself, in the wild
Pitil— Thrown away corn kernels
suk'ob— Water to rinse
vo'otikutik— First person plural exclusive personal pronoun
kumilanel— To rinse
yok na— Skirting board, baseboard; foundation
tsajalch'o— Little red mouse
Kusina— Kitchen
chab— Wax
bechukal— To where, from where
chi— Maguey
Bochil— Bochil
chukbenalil— Waist
skuchobil— Thing used to carry loads
vinkilelil— Body
it'ixal— Jealousy
pech'el— To braid; to tie
ti'bol— Meat
tsisinel— To fart
Mulalix— Morales
t'ilel— To unskin
jol-itaj— Cabbage
jvevex— Thursday
yojob— Useless; sonso
bats'i ats'am— Mountain salt
ni' ch'umte'— Chayote
yajval lum— Natural indigenous of a town
Tsij— Smelly
stekel ora— Always
uma' xot— Consonant
xaxib— Jumbay
mantsana— Apple
kuel u— Chickenpox
k'anal tak'in— Gold
lomometel— To roar
ik'luman— Early morning; dawn
Ok'il Te'— Place located near Tsajal Emel
ch'ultotil— Godfather
meyel— To hug by the shoulder; hug
ts'ib— Writing
jpich'vanej— Massage therapist
-ch'oj— Nominal classifier that counts the number of holes, openings
xalu'— Vase
lebalnuti'— Large net that's used to load corn
vaxakbok'— Three thousand two hundred
lurosots'— A kind of plum
k'epel— To ease
voch'— Half ground corn
ts'otel— To twist
lek-lek bail— Pretty
k'ejel— To save; to separate, to set aside
maxil— Talk; reason
Palas— Francis
Vots'el— 1) To stir 2) To mash
mentes— Gopher
bik'tajesel— To reduce, to narrow
sibtesel— To scare away
Antun— Antony
K'ixnael— To heat
snuk'ulal— Phonological
chikintael— To listen, to pay attention
xut— Piece of tortilla
tsotsni'— A kind of tree wit brown leaves
chonel— To sell
kaporal— Foreman
pera— Pear
utsibel— To get better; to get cheaper
almorsal— Lunch
ch'ilte'vet— Kidney
chaj te'— To clear weeds, cut branches and cut down bushes
x-uman— Lesser roadrunner
jun xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of "Jun xcha'vinik''
tsisan-pale— A kind of small long-legged spider
k'uxpeul— Turkey berry
vujk'inel— To fold down
jch'om— Worker
Xmal— Afternoon, evening
Juxom Ye Ek'el— Place located in the northeastern part of the San Sebastián neighborhood
K'ajavel— To harvest
ochel ta na— Ceremony to receive the bride at the groom's house
chamal— Warm; brown skin
tsobel— To gather, to accumulate; to meet
ts'utuj— Ear of corn
lumalil— Nation
kalkun— Naked
chab— Beehive wax
jelbilal spaselal yavil— Adverb of place
avil— Place; container; imprint, trace
a-— Second person possessive prefix used with nouns that start with consonant; second person completive aspect mark in transitive verbs that start with consonant
malubel— To get older
-jop— Nominal classifier that counts the amount or portion of anything that fits in the fist
choko— Mulatto (name of a tree)
ik'— Predicative form of ''Black; dirty; dark''
chanul— Animal; wasp
xanobal— Walk
Koral Ja'— Place located on the east side of the Los Pozos community center
vojton— Corn cob
chi-— Contraction of "Xi-''
Nensatil— Glasses, lenses
Sa'sunel— To provoke, to discomfort
baluneb xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of ''Baluneb xcha'vinik''
asaluna— Hoe
tsavtsunel— To walk slow
petel— To hug (when raised by hand); hug
xoch'— Barn owl
-anik— Second person plural intransitive verb imperative marker
javal— Face up (Positional)
tsijtsij-ul— A kind of gray bird
ak'abal p'ilix— Cricket
ta pana— Outside of the house
namte'— Walking stick
k'ak'emal— Burn
pavay— Green grasshopper
losanel— To leave something lying
T'inel— To buldge stomach
antsil nich'onil— Daughter (of a man)
lok'ombail— Photo
bin— Jug; pot
-top'ol— Nominal classifier that counts plants
bajel— To nail; to despise
xojem vaj— Corn tamale
tos— Type, kind, class, species
ch-— Contraction of X-
sets'— Plate, dish
ya'el— It seems
joyobtael— To turn something around
yochib— Sink
Ch'en Ik'— Name of a cave
ts'ujel— To drop
ch'achak— Dove (general)
ta sbabe— Ahead of
tuts'el— To overthrow
avokolikuk— Please (plural)
Jobch'en— Ravine and landslide that is located a few meters from the northwest side of the place called Ciprés and south of the Oquem community center
alperes— Ensign; second lieutenant; subaltern
poket— Apaste
bats'i— True; original, natural, neat; very
unijel— To melt
tsik'el— To fracture
pas manejar— To drive
Xela— Ribbon
jup'el— To get fat
jkuch bakal— Weasel
jochoch— Centipede
ni'al— In law
chunchun— Short; fat
taj toe— There
umel— To stop water in mouth
ts'i'— Dog
kulantu— Coriander
luchbil— Decorated
ik' osil— Night; darkness
xulubil— Horn; antenna
-lech— Nominal classifier that counts the number of tablespoons food, medicine, etc. that can be served in a spoon
vukub xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of "Vukub xcha'vinik''
Tayiv— Frozen
jxi'el— Fearful, nervous
stoyesobil— Exclamation mark
panel— To boil
bak'ne— When (past tense)
asaruna— Hoe
sitiempre— September
me'k'inobal— Black and brown worms, in constant motion
-tel— Nominal classifier that counts poles, sticks, canes, etc (As a whole) (Elongated things)
ts'akal— Complete, exact
kayemal— Dislocation
vala— Bullet
amak'il— Courtyard
bik'it sjamalil— Narrow
pok'— Hanky
akuxa— Needle
Reva— League
Tilil A'— Place located at the detour at the entrance to the Jocosic highway

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