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Sotsleb— Zinacantan
sotchon— Rattle snake
ts'ibajel— To write
ichin— Owl
jolol— Head; hair
chij— Ixtle; maguey, century plant
j-abtel vinik— Worker, servant
schechobil jo'— Bucket
ja' yu'un— Therefore, so
k'a'al lum— Compost
j-ak'vanej ta ich'el jo'— The one who baptizes
tsajal ch'o— Red rat
cho'bijel— To peel
cha'pik— Sixteen thousand
lok'taombail— Photography
ch'och'entael— To tear apart with one's teeth
chonej— In four days
yojtikinobil— Knowledge
soltaro ch'o— House rat
slajeb— Last
ik'al chuaj— Dizzinesd
chame-at— Centipede
ik'al-ok-tsib— A kind of fern with black stems
ich' k'op— To ask for permission
jchan-jun— Student
smaleb k'ak'al— Sunset
chenek'ultik— Bean field
te'el ch'ix— Hawthorn
ta chabjetik— Every three days
k'ork'ox— Wild apple
moch— Stair; basket
mania chenek'— Peanut
cha'olol— Stepson (of a woman)
yaxal— Attributive form of "Green; blue"
sch'ut okil— Foot arch
ech'om— From last year
pasilanel— To practice
k'ixin vo'— Coffee
yij— Predicative form of "Thick; hard"
moltotil— Grandfather
inop— Ceiba
ak'tik— Undergrownth
ermunix— Lemon
chu'il— Breast; breast milk
chinkataranka— Wren
k'upinel— To caress, to pet; to wish; to appreciate
manxoal— Mildness
ik'obal— Dirtiness
primero— First
chixte'— Willow-leaf cherry
sjak'obil k'op— Interrogative particule
Urias— Uriah
sinch'o— House mouse
ixtolal ni' k'abal— Ring
et'esel— To pass
mu u'ninbil ch'om— Non-integrated loanword
k'in— Party
Kikiel— To lean on the wall
balom ik'obal— Pig
Jotulak— Side
elk'anel— To steal
le' toe— Beyond
alaxa— Orange
sitem— Swollen, inflamed
k'atajesel— To transform
karansa ch'o— House mouse
kolel— To measure liquid; to set free
-kutik— First person plural inclusive verbal suffix used with intransitive verbs; first person plural inclusive direct object
komon nopel— To agree
ain— Lizard; crocodile; alligator
pask'op— War
Matal— Magdalen
ilil— Debt
kup-ik'ijel— To suffocate
k'elob osil— Window
takiel— To dry
na'vanel— To remember; to miss
keujal— Shadow; shade
ich'el ta muk'— To respect; honor
aniltael— To run a race
muk'tik bolom— Lion; tiger; jaguar; puma
lisiempre— December
jk'aoj— Harvester
k'anch'ijan— Light brown
puxk'ijel— To bend
-bel— Nominal classifier that counts words
tsalel— To compete, to race
k'alna— Wall
baxbol— Hardworking man; industrious
Vistan— Huixtan
laj— Transitive verb completive aspect
javal-ek'en— Swallow
yilobil— Example
xchanel smelolal k'opojel— Linguistics
chauk— Thunder
ianel— To bring on, to carry
k'usiuk no'ox— Any (thing)
k'uk no'ox— Variable
rensa— Press
chibat— Bye (Used by the person who leaves)
kusel— To clean or dry with a rag
cha'antsil olol— Stepdaughter (of a woman)
k'usi junukal— Any
chik'el— To burn; to eat
-et— Affective suffix
potov— Guava
k'unyaman-o'— Warm water
chuk sakte'— House scissors
stso' chikinil— Earwax
chotetel krixchano— Couch potato
sko'oltasobil k'op— Comparative
jchabajom— Farmer
ibal sba— Unclean
ixtalanel— To play with; to bother; to damage
kelem— Rooster
chimanel— To bow the head
me' alak'— Hen
sak-ch'ayel— To disappear, to fade
jtoybail— Arrogant or rebellious person
Nabenchauk— Navenchauc
cha'vinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred forty
balel— To roll up; to twist
Kombenal— Terror
yakilo'— Chicha
oxbok'— One thousand two hundred
nichim— Flower; petal
ch'ix chikin— Spiny ear lizard
k'atk'at— Oval
bats'ul— Second month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from January 16 to February 04)
kaxlanchenek'— Peanut
Tsajal O'— Subcommunity that is part of the Adolfo López Mateos ejido, is located on the north side of the municipal seat
balunlajunvinik— Three hundred eighty
avol— Planting
jpoxtaej eil— Dentist doctor
ajvalil— Government; supervisor; boss; god; owner
Petul Xun— Name of a play from the highlands of Chiapas
jvey— Ox, yoke
ja'— Water; emphatic pronoun
koralte'— Corral; sheep cart
ts'akbak— Bonesetter
botil— Botile bean, ayocote
kuxel— To rest; to relieve
Jomoch'— 1) Leaky 2) Moth-eaten
asta— Until
apon— Furfur
Xmal k'ak'al— Afternoon, evening
Alpotsan— Numb
k'un— Predicative form of "Easy; soft''; slow, slowly
buyum ich— Sauce
kup-ik'ijesel— To suffocate
jich'il— Attributive form of "Thin"
patan— Tax
le'— Here; there
jun-olil— Nephew (of a woman)
voch'el— To crush
talel— To come; directional
ch'ek-ch'unel— To cluck
sp'ijilal vun— Scientific discipline
ch'amanel— To lend
chikin p'in— Pitcher
katsal— Rowdy; naked
yi'— Sand
balunlajun-— Numeral root of ''Balunlajuneb''
sat ixim— Grain of corn, corn kernels
k'uk' bolom— Margay
jtunel j-abtel— Public servant
nail ixim— Granary
ravelnuk'chon— European mantis
motsobil— Eyebrow
ip tajinel— To be playful
chajel— To separate the threads of the fabric
ja' lek— But
chuvaj— Crazy, mad
sch'ikil ixim
chavlajetel chon— Spider or other insect with long legs
Xch'uch'ujok'— Place that is located in the Jocosic ejido, in front of Jolbolom, adjoining the Ejido Adolfo López Mateos
chixte'— Cherry tree; cherry
k'a'-k'u'il— Old clothes
jchan-vun— Student
schijubil ul— Sieve
ch'amajel— To jump from someplace to another
ch'uch'ultik— Loose change
chikeryo— Chicory
ik'soman— Light black; gray
Basob— Bazom
chanubtasel— To teach
schok' mut— Bird gizzard
nakiel— To live, to inhabit
Bernabe— Barnabas
tij o'ontonil— To incite
cha'tij— Two o'clock
k'opanel— To speak to someone
k'u'il— Clothes, clothing
relijion— Religion
a'yej— News
Saulo— Saul
ich'el vo'— Baptism; to baptize
xot'ol— Squatting; snuggled up (positional)
tok— Cloud
perla— Pearl

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