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xojil— Shirt
ch'ich'al tsa'nel— Dysentery
chichik'ul— Name of a plant similar to husk tomato
chopol-k'oponel— To curse
pojelal— Release
josbil chi— Tampico fiber, ixtle
limete— Bottle
chik'ob-pom— Censer
ch'ix itaj— Chicory
chapan bail— To get prepared
karpana— Tent
chexekil itaj— Cabbage
yaxal ch'o— Rock rat
tsis-uch— Laurel
rextiko— Witness
mul-itaj— European black nightshade
ipajeb— Nourishment
chichinab-arina— Sieve, flour strainer
tselepat— Tepozan
xjaval ek'e— White-throated swift
Busumtan— Micro-region and hamlets that are located on the north side of the municipality of Huixtán and on the eastern side of the Jok'osik ejido, currently corresponds to the Adolfo López Mateos ejido
kenun— A kind of guinea
xonkolil— Pillow
jpoxtaej nukulil— Dermatologist
setset— Coin
jatsinel— To legit
ts'abiel— To sift
tukiel— To thwart; to tie off
Na Joj— Name of a rock that is located in the southern part of the Yaalcuc community
ch'obol— Ignited, ignited the fire
k'onk'ontik— Medium yellow
Pimil Tojtik— Name of a place
pisvaj— A kind of tamale that replaces tortillas
vo'ob xcha'vinik— Twenty five
ib— Armadillo
bik'it vinik— Dwarf
kusobail— Towel
k'ojk'oj-te' mut— Acorn woodpecker
ts'i'lel— Plant; bad weed
antsinel— To make a woman lover
ak'el ta ilel— To demostrate, to show
kerem— Boy
pech'jolal— Braider
yoxyoxtik— Half green
util— Center
p'uyel— To crumble chile into molcajete
K'ex— Loan
moni'— Fungus; mushroom
spatobil— Mold
melel alel— To make sure
chi'ilpox— Cane chicha
lekilal— Joy; well-being; good faith; goodness
al a'iel— To assure, to say
chexob itaj— Cabbage
ib-o'nal— Disgust
j-epajesvanej— Possessive plural
ch'olib— Wild plant with violet flowers that generally blooms from October to December
kaxlan chi'— Maguey, century plant
chinav— Brain
k'uxil— Wedge
k'ux satil— Eye disease
chukil— Belt; girdle
japel— To hold; to illuminate ocote and lit candle
jyakubel— Drunk
ch'amunel— To lend
ch'anubtasel— To calm down
chapanel— To prepare
lek k'oplal— Well-spoken
isak' mut— Cedar waxwing
ts'otol— Twisted; rolled up
ikatsijebal— Packsaddle
ik'yaman— Brown skinned
ch'ixtael— To measure in quarters with one's fingers
me'vob— Harp
tsatsalil— Strength; victory
j-— First person possession mark used with nouns that start with consonant; first person mark in transitive verbs that start with consonant; numeral root of ''Jun''
chinchin— Rattle
jelbilal yorail spasel— Adverb of time
elanel ilel— For a person to think about something
ts'ep'unel— Italics
lusul— Bent the head of the chicken by the plague
espiritu— Spirit
chib sk'oplal— Who knows
jvet'om— Midwife who attends during pregnancy
cha'ixlelil— Stepsister or half-sister (of a man)
lemel— Tortilla lying on the griddle
pa'-itaj— Bitter vegetable
chiv-ok— Barefoot
chajchaj sat— Separated threads of the fabric
Ch'ixna— A Tzotzil last name
nopen— To be used to
tso'k'anal— Aerolite
karapon— Jug
jiltsajel— To run low
chi'inel ta lo'il— To talk with someone
kikil satil— Irritated eye
t'ujbil— Selected
tsoyol— Strung up ('ositional)
yechuk— If it were that way, if it were as it should be
ay— Verb only used in completive aspect
rinkon— A kind of potatoes
lamal— Lying, laid
xt'el chon— Lizard
tajimoltik— Carnaval
sukob— Stopple
poy— Hooded shunk
K'echel— To hug
nail vunetik— Library
yakil— Continuous aspect marker
chanbok'— One thousand six hundred
boch-jol— Bald, hairless
toy bail— To be prideful; to be rebellious
tanal eil— Teeth
Bochilte'— Bochilte; a class of oak and with a large leaf
k'u— How
avanel— To shout, to moan; scream
pinka— Coffee farm
obak— Smut; house dirt
a'lel— Sap; juice
kik— Dubitative
ak'— Rope; bejuco; lace, cord; belt
k'uxbol— Yeast; sacrifice
lomesel— To knock down
Luchiel— To stand on high
le'— That; she, he, it
p'oxijel— To warm up at the campfire
Be-vo' ta vinajel— Milky Way
simaron— Cimarron, surly
yanal eil— Lip
bulel— To tear off; for hair or feather to fall out
Simal obal— Cold
monvanel— To convince
-ch'ix— Nominal classifier that counts cobs and corns (Real or imaginary)
yoy— Lily
nak'bil choy— Canned sardine
chopantik ts'ib— Phrase
jch'unolajel— Believer
chilete— Razoe
yilel— That's what it seems
chu'untasel— To breast-feed
tsotsan bal— Hope everything goes well
alpotstajel— To numb
o'on— First person singular personal pronoun
nopbil k'op— Lie
estanjero— Foreigner
ch'ijel— To break the shell
snuk'ilal ta alel— Pronuntiation
jomol ch'en— Cave
ik'sut'an— Dirty, filthy, dimy
ch'ulob-te'— Wood plane; brushing tool
ixtolanel— To play with; to bother; to damage
xjel snuk'ilal— Phonemic; phonetic
ik'kujan— Dark gray
ya'yejal— Note
ch'ojilajel— To get pierced, to get perforated, to get holes
ch'unuk— Winged ant
k'uxpumum— Pale-vented pigeon
pat o'ontonil— To trust; to encourage; to comfort
ja' yu'un cha'a— So, then
jmeltsanej mexa— Carpenter
t'omesel— To blow, to burst, to shoot
Kuxinem— Rusty
ts'unel— To plant, to sow
jech— Yes, indeed
-ik— Second person plural verbal and possesive suffix; third person plural verbal and possessive suffix; imperative plural marker; third person plural direct object
vaskix— New world quail
pas kreer— To belive
tso' okil— Calf
vaknabal— Rainbow
tibail— Forehead
bik'it kaxlan— Chick
k'atal te'— Bar
Ya'al Chij— Lugar que se ubica entre el camino de la localidad Los Ranchos y Jocosic, en el lado poniente de K’anal Nab
roston— Toston
ovol— Sowing
tsij-uch— Laurel
ch'ekek— Female groove-billed ani
sakubel— To whiten; to dawn
k'echel— To hug firewood or a baby
bitob-ch'ak— Flea
tenav chakil— Buttock
xuk'umil— Elbow
k'aluk— When; as soon as; until, to
Ni'k'obal— Fingers
sp'olesobil— Multiplication sign
oxlajuneb— Thirteen
k'a'el— Venereal disease
tajimol— Play, game; sport
pajel— For something to finish
pamal— Aromatic
alvanil— Bricklayer
bitsk'ujel— To slim down, to stretch
jk'ajoj— Harvester
Yojlimton— Name of a place in the northeast of the municipal seat, where the Joyoch'en river and the river of the municipal seat of Huixtán meet
juch'tael— To blow
ch'en— Cave; grotto; crag
aketajel— To complain about the pain
stalel— As usual, per se
komajel— To get shorter
jk'an-limoxna— Almoner

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