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bol— Dumb, ignorant, idiot, fool
mixa— Mass
xakima— Hackamore
me'on— Orphan; poor person
avel— To plant corn
javanej loktor— Surgeon
tsots— Predicative form of "Strong, rough, complicated, hard"; sheep wool
k'uyepal— How much
t'ilt'il— Blue bird
joyibil— Circle
yaxk'in— Eighteenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from November 17 to December 06)
ch'uch'— Frog
kulix— Cabbage
lumal— Country; homeland, motherland
xchanul pom— Bee
be-ch'ich'— Vein
antsil— Daughter (of a woman)
pukuj— Predicative form of "Angry, brave"
tsa'anel— To defecate; shit
tsepente'— Chicory
yalem— Cheap, lowered
oy— Existential
yijil bikilil— Large intestine
p'evel— Open; to half open
asarona— Hoe
ch'om— Lent; loan
cha'aj— The day after tomorrow
j-elov— Person having fun
j-ochel ch'ak— Sand flea
pas marear— To dizzy
k'ants'utuj— A kind of yellow small wasp
ch'uletel— To be smooth or sliky; smoothness
jit'il— Tied; formed
chak'alte'— Shelf
veneno— Poison
vaxaklajuneb— Eighteen
ochem ch'ak— Sand flea
chonob-ak'al— Coal store
ik'-mut— Great curassow
ak'o mi jech— Nevertheless
chaklakan— Brown wasp, usually lives in empty houses
vun— Paper
me'k'is chon— Milk snake
ik'muts'an— Very dark
bananetel— To be very big (round)
k'at'ix— Mexican hawthorn
Ach'el
tsatsal-ik'al-jo'— Storm
ch'ilil— Thin, skinny
sk'ob cho'— Metlapil
k'uk elanuk— Any
ichin— Barn owl; heron
epal-e-mut— Warbler
preserente— President
k'u cha'al mo'oj— With pleasure; why not
yo'— In order to
s— Letter "s"
ik'al-ak'— Black liana
baxbol— Active, energetic
tuluk'— Turkey
ni'etel— To swing on a chair
k'obol— Hand
Miril— Turned
jots'omajel— To dig with hooves
jik'el— To drown
vi'najel— To be hungry
chex— Teenager
poko balumil— Community
Yoytik— Place located on the northeast side of the La Era community center
-an— Intransitive verb imperative marker
xemana— Week
vo'lajun-— Numeral root of "Vo'lajuneb''
Kalax— Card
a'alil— Weight
mu jechuk— False
vochol— Blistered
stsuk— Little rat
p'up'— Fine as dust
-p'is— Nominal classifier that counts the number of cups, measures
ni-— First person singular direct object in completive aspect; first person singular completive aspect mark used with intransitive verbs
mantsania— Chamomile
kas— Gas
lopol— Plunged
cha'tsebil— Stepdaughter
Jinesel— To thwart, to overthrow
karansa— Big mouse
bik'tal— Small
xuch'— Turpentine, resin
bik'tal mes— Broom
chi'ubtasel— To sweeten
chibajel o'onil— To get discouraged
ip no'ox a'iel— To be in poor health
k'uxpatajol— Wood pigeon; mourning dove
chab-lum— Mud
j-il-k'in— Person who attends to a party
chevel— Frayed or loose tissue
k'oxil antsil olil— Youngest daughter (of a woman)
jvalopatinvanej— Apostate
noviempre— November
ch'akbil— Divided, divaricate
chanjech schikin ta setom— Square, four corners
sakil ch'ak— Crab louse
Kumel— To rinse
k'asel— To break; to twist
uk'umalil— Extension of a river
pe— But
sch'enal-o'— Well, pit
ip vok'el— To be brittle
jmeltsanej-k'op— Judge
yek'nal cho'— Board, metate table
tojobtasbil k'op— Preposition
cho'p'ijel— To peel
uskun— Edible plant
chijchunel sot— For the jingle bell to sound
chimiel— To bow one's head
ochel ch'ak— Sand flea
bik'tal chitom— Piglet
kuxetel o'ontonal— Joy
pajesejbail— Self-control
jch'un-mantal— Obedient person
pajal chichol— Mexican husk tomato
jux— Corn boiled without lime
chanub-vuntik— School
chan jun— To learn how to read
anta— Then, so
varsin— Lined
ch'amujel— To jump from someplace to another
Aj— Reed
ts'ajal— Plunged, submerged
oktubre— October
ik'tuch'an— Black haired
jpatvanej
j-epal-k'op— Liar
yijil ch'uxuv— Cartilage
Ajan— Elote
sirkunsision— Circumcision
ch'ayil— Smoke
k'uxubinbil nich'onil— Favorite child
buch'u oy yabtel ti mas muk' sk'oplal— Superior authority
ta jyalel— Particle that expresses facts and intensity
ik'al ixim— Blue corn
chikinal— Ear
ich'oj yan ch'ich'— Haber tenido una transfusión de sangre
tampo— Tampo
balbil vaj— Taco
kikil— Leaning over, leaning on something (positional)
vechijel— To get up
pus— Temazcal
pas joyobajel— To spin around
iktael— To abandon; to quit, to renounce
nitit— Sticky, muddy, viscous
ch'ulelal— Spirit, soul
Buts'umtajal— Name of a place on the north side of the municipal seat of Huixtán, ahead of the Tsajal Uk'um river
me'unen— Placenta
Setel— To make a circle
yaxt'uban— Greenish
be-vo'— Ditch, stream, rivulet, waterway, spill
x-avob— Tadpole
Patrisia— Patricia
erech— Cerambycide
paxtol— Pasturage
nichimajel o'ontonil— To rejoice
nak'al— Hidden
jo'vajel— To evaporate
toy k'ak'al— To get late in the morning
r— Letter "r"
altavo— Knocker
yax-uchan— Gray
Ya'al Ch'uch'— Place located near the place called Chi'il Lum, east of the Jocosic community center
yijil— Attributive form of "Thick; hard; ripe"
bolil— Brother-in-law; stupidity
ok'el— To cry; outcry
o'onil— Heart
vokoto— Chachalaca
t'ul— Rabbit
st'ujelal— Optional
chi'inej ta vayel— Intercourse
j-its'il-sat— Person with eyes almost closed
ch'ul-k'anel— To beg, to ask for a favor, to ask with humility
mit'il— Thin in the middle
tayal ton— Crag
Svo'obal— Fifth
sutub-ik'— Whirlwind
ip bak'el— To be restless
polisio— Police
li ta yok'omale— The next day
ch'anchan— Shut up
jevrero— February
buch'u oy yabtel— Authority
k'ak'ubtasel— To heat
k'a'esel— To tan leather; to make compost
sch'ulobil te'— Wood plane; brushing tool
jchabichij— Shepherd
lurse— Candy
ilol— Healer, herbalist
eovajel— To carry
schijobil— Sieve
t'ananel— To undress
jipatel batel— To get along
chepel— To download, to lower the load

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