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lunex— Monday
bats'i lobol— Banana
petsel— To sit on feet
-tikotik— First person plural exclusive direct object; first person plural exclusive imperative marker; fiirst person plural exclusive suffix
yavi'— Key; lock; plate
bu'uy— Where
kaxlan— Chicken; hen
manya chenek'— Peanut
biil— Name; noun
tuilchon— Stink bug
tot mut— Rooster
chabel— To isolate
tsuk'— Lava
to'ox— Adverb of time that can give different meanings depending on the context
chenek'— Bean
yox-tajmek— Very green
me'nal ok'el— Lament
kapeltik— Coffee plantation
pech'jolol— Ribbon
ch'inetel— Silence
Yochel— To loosen up
karnato— Sweet granadilla
K'ovix— Ground sparrow
ajnilil— Fiancee; wife
junme'il— Aunt
kulajte'— Wild dove
p'olomajel— To trade, to commerce; trade, commerce
j-ak'ol vinik— Upland person
kotiel— To stand of your four
bochje— A class of oak and with a large leaf
sutesel— To return, to give back
a'i smelol— To comprehend
k'olk'ol-te'— Wren
bitsbunel— For worms or thin things to jump
ats'isimajel— To sneeze
xuit— Worm
k'ux nuk'ul— Sore throat pain
nopel— To get used
xch'akben t'ix— Period at the end of a paragraph
atil— Set of male sexual organs (penis and testicles)
xibnelil— Older brother (of a woman)
chan-— Numeral root of "Chanib''
ixlelal— Younger sister (of a man)
-ul— Absolute suffix (of indefinite posetion)
Manxu— Meek
xonobil— Shoe; huarache, sandals
-likel— Nominal classifier that counts the number of moments, etc
oxib— Three
anel— To carve wood
be-ch'ail— Smokestack
lukumajel— To scratch
at-o'ontonal— Sadness
K'ak'al simal obal— Pneumonia
chanib xcha'vinik— Twenty four
k'ixnel— To heat
araro— Plow
jmakbe— Bandit, outlaw
bonobil— Paint
ayanel— To be born; birth
chib— Two
vo'lajunbok'— Six thousand
jalel— To weave
ts'u'-itaj— Common aramanth
xokol— Free, not busy
chi' pik'an— Salty
na-— Second person direct object in completive aspect; second person intransitive verb completive aspect
jpik— Eight thousand
yorail k'epelal— Winter
xa— Already
utel— To tell; to scold
nopel— To think
momil— Grandchild
ton alak'— Hen egg
Reynalto— Reynaldo
Betso'— Rectum
bus-pat— Hunchback
ch'ailo'— Beer
t'ax k'obil— To applaud
tilel— For the fire to burn; to light; to heat
k'is— Desert ant
chichol k'uy— Name of a plant similar to husk tomato
jtunel— Useful
sib— Threat
vareta— Jimmy
Natilton— Natilton
ixlelil— Younger sister (of a man)
k'iel— To tend, to hang up; to sunbathe
surko— Groove
pistola— Gun
k'uxel— To crunch; to mumble; to gnaw
ts'etel— To cut trees or branches
vabajel— To play music
mixo— Cat
otol— Numeration; number
bik'it sjamalul— Narrow
kokov— Cocoa, chocolate ball
at'isajel— To sneeze
vula'ajel— To visit
la— Transitive verb completive aspect; reportativo, evidential
Batentik— Name of a place
Chilkan— Chirca
manayok— A kind of purple fungus, edible
poxtajel— To heal, to recover
ayin— Lizard; crocodile; alligator
asiento— Farm; ranch
abtelil— Job
biesel— To peel
sot'ot'— Bofe
tavurete— Chair
ak' anil— To run
jlo'il— Talker; gossipmonger
jolakanil— Knee
baxbolajel— To feel like working
pas ov— To scream
bik'it xmochoch— Cochineal
bats'i k'op— True language; tsotsil language
ts'etumajel— To cut down trees
yijilil— Phase
-tak-— Collective suffix that indicates, together with a possessive prefix, that some things are all owned by the same owner
kurkuvich'— Eastern whip-poor-will
meste'— Name of a plant that's used to sweep
te'el— Stiff, hard
chamel— To die; to get sick; sickness
Tutik— Place located in the southern part of Tsajal O'
bojel— To stab, to cut or to hurt with a knife
tsukuts— Belly
me'ni'al— Mother-in-law (of a man)
t'uruch— Short; load tied up with the wrong tumpline
nail poxtael— Hospital
Ch'enalo'— Chenalho
j-ovol— Sower
bats'i tseb— Single woman
jak'el— To ask petition; to ask something; petition
patetel— To lay on your stomach
bik'tal kuyel— Measles
much'el— To wrinkle; to fold
kuxiel— To live
ko'esan— Coesa, chayote root
oxlajunbok'— Five thousand two hundred
ja'to— Till, until; still
muk'ulil— Size
jolel— To discover an object cover by a cloth
jumumetel— To shoot out like an arrow
bak-mut— Mexican grackle; thrush; blackbird
ch'ich'— Blood, bleeding
Ov— Scream
ch'ayel o'onil— To get distracted
bek'talil— Body
la'el— To bend
t'olel— To separate papers; to unstick
jach'el— To open someone's mouth; to yawn
elk'ajel— To steal
ep— Predicative form of "A lot, many, abundant"
lajuneb xcha'vinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred thirty
alibal— Daughter-in-law
keketel— To cluck
muk'tik— Predicative form of "Big"
ts'urupik'— Earwig
¿k'u skoj?— Why?; what's it about?; what's the reason?
vo'one— Years ago
Vo'lajunvinik— Three hundred
k'uxkultael— To gleen cob
k'anilanel— To ask
K'inil— Kidney
Kakav-te'— Cocoanut
yut okil— Foot arch
t'ubel— To submerge
k'unk'un— Medium slow
ovil— In vain
kunul— Abundant hair o mane
-chep— Nominal classifier that counts loads
kulaj-te'— Dove
o'ontonil— Heart
ik'ik'tik— Half black
k'uxel— To eat corn, cane or beans
ts'usel— To close
nukul moral— Leather backpack
chu'unel— To suck
kaxlanch'upak'— Castor oil plant
valte— Tray
nin— Thin mass
tobol— Inclined
muk'— Predicative form of "Big"; variant of Mu'yuk
Pujel— To bid up
mol— Old man; predicative form of "Old"
alkalte— Mayor
-lajel— Antipasive intransitive verb maker used with transitive verbs
chapanel— To prepare; to arrange a matter
pik'jol— Brown worm that causes skin irritation
jol vits— Peak, top
Jobel— San Cristóbal de Las Casas
k'ixnajel— To get warm
buluchib— Eleven
chanel— To learn; to study
yayijel— To get hurt; wound
tak'avel— To answer, to reply
varixma— Lent
Sots'leb— Zinacantan
balalijel— To roll
nich'onil— Child (of a man)

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