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k'alel— To split; to carve; to separate
i'belinel— To take root
axibal-na— Ramada
altamixa— Artemisia
jkaxlan— Half blood; Ladino; Spanish
bats'ijel— To aggravate
nuxuvajel— To swim
ilolajel— To pray
napits— Coyol palm place
util— Interior; inside
ka'el— To break
me'ixim— Pacha corn
marivana— Dope
Me'elubel— For a woman to get older
Xlajchaebal— Twelfth
ta yolon— Under, below
ama— Flute
k'ox— Tiny, small
seriyo— Match
tsajal bolom— Cougar
Ve'ebal na— Kitchen
Jkok— Deaf person
van— Dubitative reporter; affirmative dubitative
ja' to— Until now; until
-oj— Stative suffix used with transitive verbs, perfect aspect suffix
K'axlik— Hawk
lok'ol— Photography
elovajel— To have fun
tsajal-isak'— Red sweet potato
Makvil-vo'— Makvil-vo'
jol-akanil— Knee
sk'an— One has or needs to, it's necessary
sip— Tick
varku— Boat
mulino— Windmill
bakunail— Vaccine
baknabal— Rainbow
umul— Crowded people
ma'uk— No
svinajesobil yorail— Aspect mark
bulel— To root; to pluck; to pull up
tem— Bed
stojobtasel atolal ts'ib— Algebraic signs
tsek— Scorpion
tsepel— Cut
J-Alis— Alvarez
kuchkuch— Russet-crowned motmot
chakp'itel— To blush
skolel— Vacation; liberty
xik'— Wing
-yom— Nominal classifier that counts hand-groped bundles
Tsajal Emel— Place located on the east side of the municipal seat of Huixtán
p'ilomte'— Trap made with curved wood
chak k'obil— Elbow
Tsonte' Vits— Tsonte Vits
svaklajunebal— Sixteenth
xut'et— Embittered
muk'ta xot— Capital letter, uppercase
Kejiel— To kneel
loro— Parrot
k'anch'ixan— Ash color (of an old animal)
rosina— Dozen
nok— Ringworm shrub, usually grows in springs
k'anelal k'op— Subjunctive tense
tselub— Chicken crest
kristiano— Christian; people; person
chijil— Abundant cluster of fruit
ch'achi'— Very bitter or salty
vok'olil— Broke, in pieces
sjamk'obil— Right hand
bij— Predicative form of "Smart, intelligent, wise, able, clever"
Jmok'ol— Place located near the community center of the San Gregorio ejido
t'abal— Vacant land without cultivation
ik'-osil— Night
ten— Machaca
sakvayan— Whitish
pasel— To brew
pixobvaj— Tortilla napkin
batel— To go; directional "From here to there" used to make other verbs
nap'ax— Burnt food residue
bats'i pox— Schnapps
olil ta ch'util— To be pregnant
potel— To joint in the form of a semi stop
limeton— Jug
tuch'ich'— New world oriole; yellow-tailed oriole
bik'tal kaxlan— Chick, chicken
kalto— Broth
tsekil— Petticoat; skirt
vakbok'— Two thousand four hundred
nupunel— To get married; wedding, marriage
jol na— Roof
peleto— Brawl
t'axal— Hairless
bak'esel— To move
bup'— Fine as dust
nen— Mirror; glass
ok'il— Tongue; coyote
bik'el— To swallow
jolobajel— To knit
natil— Attributive form of ''Tall; long; extensive; deep''; length
Nichimaltik— Cultivated flower area
ch'uch'ulte'— Spinter
nukulchak— Bat
Vochetel— To make noise in group
k'evex— Anona
nakal— To inhabit; sitting (positional)
Ts'isil— 1) Sealed 2) Sewn
Ba na— Roof
tub-ik'— Epilepsy
te'tikal— Wild
tilela— Part of the plow that holds the tiller with the handle
u— Letter ''u''; month; moon
ch'enal vo'— Pit
ik'il— Smell
kap bail— To get mixed
k'obil— Hand; arm; branch
pets'iel— To shrink
j-olon— Lowland dweller
x-avu'— Comma
ti'bail— Forehead
jtsak— Hunter
chojchoj— Bulk horn (thorn)
tanil k'ok'— Ash
k'ak'nuk'il— Sourness
sots'— Bat; turkey berry
ta yeloval— In front of
pero— But
makel— For something to close
ta pat— Outside
k'ejinel— To sing
tajimol— Play, game; fun
chochob— Acorn
ch'un mantal— To obey or respect the order
ochel— To enter, to get in
elav— Face
busul— Set of thrown, piled up things
Pokok— Toad
anel— To burn
chich— Silly, clumsy, fool
pukuj o'onil— Evil
kan-jol— Bald, hairless
jol itaj— Cabbage
xa'ab— Chasm
lots'el— To crush something between the legs or two objects
vonon— Bumblebee
k'u yepal— How much
tse'ej— Laugh
jo'vinik yoxbok'— Nine hundred
p'itom— Flea
kujal bolom— Guía de león (bird)
o'lol ak'obal— Midnight
pilil— Open eyes
ta— Incompletive aspect marker; on, over; of, from, of the; to; for, by, for the
lajcheb— Twelve
man— A kind of tree with liana
t— Letter ''t''
jumjonel— To ring
muk'tame'il— Grandmother
lo'lael— To cheat, to deceive, to fool
mejoral— Mejoral
pomos— Aguana
Rireksional— Directional
Chitik— One of the places where the Huixtec tzotzils previously took advantage of henequenes to obtain fibers and make ropes, ties, nets, backpacks and sacks
jk'ulej— Rich person
xulel— To extract; to fumble with something
vo'vinik xcha'bok'— Five hundred
xi-— First person incompletive aspect marker used with intransitive verbs; first person direct object
yepajesobil— Plus sign
kok— Jinicuil; deaf
tonmut— Egg
k'uxbenchon— Chipped tooth
melel— Really, truly; true
balunlajunbok'— Seven thousand six hundred
svinajesobil yajval— Person mark
oy— Existential; pole, stake
sits'— Appetite
cha'likel— Second batch; to get back up
ak' ak'in— To clean the cornfield
t'inil— Bulky; bent; crouched
t'otsol— Climbed; stuck
beiltasel— To guide, to lead
ch'ute'— Cedar
xokon— Sideways
xanavel— To walk
lajuneb sbuluchvinik— Two hundred ten
sakubel osil— Sunrise
jit'el— To tie fence or wall of a house
-lan— Imperative suffix used with positionals
muk'ta sak— Fifth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from March 02 to 21)
vayebal— Bedroom; hammock
jich'il bikilil— Small intestine
cha'tos yibel k'op stak' ch'akel— Complex words
poxil— Medicine
xjat'at'— European mole cricket
jup bail— To bid up
lich'omvaj— Tortilla maker
tseb— Lass
Tuxta— Tuxtla
biil— Name; noun
pak'tan— Tortilla maker

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