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jmajvanej— Attacker
ch'ulelal— Dead person; nahual; soul
ts'i'lejel— To break down
juxel— To hone
uma'— Mute, voiceless; slimy
paraje— Place, spot
ch'ulul— Smooth, flat
Ol— 1) Middle 2) Predicative form of "Heavy"
mokol— Truncated, cut
xchibal— Second
lumilchenek'— Ground bean
Sitib— Name of a ranch that is located a few kilometers from the south side of the San Gregorio ejido
k'ojol— Mask
xaktoj— Java grass
kajvel— Coffee
paxak'— Pineapple
nujiel— To lay face down
naklejel— To dwell
k'evuj— Singing, song
tukut— Woodpecker
te'tikalchitom— Wild pig
lajunvinik— Two hundred
me' kaxlan— Hen
Varchate'— Pastern
isim choy— Catfish
pas tajimol— To play
tilem— To have a fever
-chu'uk— With
asial— Lasso
k'amel— To charge; to roll up
mu jayuk— Too much, so much that it can't be finished
Mitontik— Mitontic
joj mut— Mexican grackle
ts'unun— Hummingbird
uch'ubajel— To celebrate; to drink; to get along
lavi— Today; now
chanobvun— School
Balom-ok'es— Tropical mockingbird
chanal— Flemish
Kotanil— Hand knitted shirt
koxtal— Sack, bag
kajlebinel— To ride
svok— Foam
pek'— Mecapal
Metsetsetel— To fall little by little
matanal— Gift
kilel— To drag
bosiel— To trip on
-tos— Nominal classifier that counts the number of kinds, types, species, etc.
kriara— Maid
-jov— Nominal classifier that counts the number of slices, halves
Malal— Attributive form of "Old"
Pech'oktik— Name of a place
its'inal— Younger brother
ko'ol— Same, equal, similar; equals sign
k'ak'el— To burn; burn
jamel— To open
ch'omel— To rent
balumil— Earth; world
vov— Fly
bankilal— Older brother; tobacco
mik'— Fish scale
piarol— Guarantor
jut k'op— To lie
-mich'— Nominal classifier that counts the set of things that can be grasped by hand at once
makch'util— Apron; constipation
ch'uxuv— Tendon
chijilte'— Elderflower
vilel— To fly
-in— Denomal suffix of usitative verbs
chinchon— House sparrow
Xap— Sebastian
jo'ob— Five
-k'om— Nominal classifier that counts the number of skeins
alak'— Chicken
Sik— Predicative form of "Cold"
jak'ol— Wife requester
ajan— Corn
vet— Gray fox
chanul aja pom— Bee
jatvil— Person or animal that flees
avi— Eh; this; look!
vo— Fly
sat-ixim— Grain of corn
vukub— Seven
Muil— 1) Attributive form of "Delicious, aromatic" 2) Flavor, taste
ch'ojel— To drill; to open; to make a wooden step that serves as a ladder
ik'al— Attributive form of "Black"
yo'lil— Between
jomom— Rotten smell
svo'vinikalil— Percent, percentage
bu k'alal— Until where
ok'ob to— See you tomorrow; until tomorrow
mayo— May
lubel— To fed up
te'elch'ix— Thorn tree
t'anchak— Naked
vokanel— To boil
k'u xi— What
marimpa— Marimba
yoxibal vinkil— Fifteenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from September 18 to October 7)
chak— Buttock
-be— Third person singular ditransitive object
k'exolil— Substitute, relief
nexubel— To turn brown
vo'pik— Forty thousand
Yut-osil— Yut-osil
patax— Oleander
jolobil— Weave, woven
Nupbail— Meeting, encounter
xik'satil— Eyelash
avan jolil— For the head to hurt, go have a headache
vok'el— To break
orision mut— Baltimore oriole
ilbajinel— To bother, to mistreat; to pursue, to harm; annoyance
jolinel— To roof
kokom— A kind of liana
muk'ta bolom— Lion; tiger; jaguar; puma
pepenchuch— Southern flying squirrel
bakuben— Tight, tense
jak'ob ik'— Rash allergy
tselel— On the side
aros— Rice
lajuneb sbalunlajunvinik— Three hundred seventy
Nok— Madroncillo
ik'ubal— Dirtiness; dirt
Nichpok'— Stamen
bik'it sjamlej— Narrow
va'al— Standing (Positional)
vasik— New world quail
Pantelo'— Pantelho
ts'itel— To clean with the hand or tortilla the food junk
niel— To prepare the fabric on a wood that determines the size
vu'un— First person singular pronoun
alak' sba— Beautiful, nice, pretty
pas partisipar— To participate
jchuknichim— Flower tie
mutsel— To shrink
pajal itaj— Bitter vegetable
yox— River crab
xut— Piece
lo'ilajel o'onil— To be grieved
Kujiel— To cuddle
k'aoj— Harvest
la— Transitive verb completive aspect; chichicaste
Job— Steam
at'esel— To wet, to water, to spray
tsebalil— Sister
nene'— Baby; little
-il— Adjetive marker; marca de sustantivo inalienable
bate'— A class of ants that walk formed, brown or black in color
korerol— Runner
tijvanel— To wake up
rosa bin— Pitcher, jug
nin— Small, little
tojel— To pay; to buy
kraneta— Passion fruit
kexkex— Mexican grackle
jchanubtasvanej— Professor, teacher
Ts'isel— 1) To seal 2) To sew
chuk— Tied up (Positional)
bax— Marble-like stone used for clay pots, called glass stone
cha'alel— To repeat (orally)
ik'pulan— Dark
yan— Other, another, others
k'ixin— Hot
lapel— To lock someone up, to imprison
xinchail— Belt, cummerbund
bajel— To nail; to button; to fix
xie— This way
meltsajel— For something to compose
yo jset'— Better
jux pek'— New world quail
pimil— Dense, abundant
apubil— Achigual
xokobel— To be free, to not be busy
jtob ta— Numeral root of "Jtob"
mukinal— Cemetery, pantheon
k'unil— Attributive form of ''Soft; tender; lazy"
Uk'um Chilil— Name of the river that is located in the Lázaro Cárdenas Chilil ejido
yolob-k'ok'— Firework
antsil te'— Scratchbush
t'aniel— To undress
le'el— To open your eyes with the hand
Yochel— To loosen up
u'uninel— To possess, to take possession
¡ka'itik me!— What's up (singular)
alperes mut— Tangara
bikil— Intestine; gut; aril
skotol— All, every
bitsomajel— To jump like a snake when it dies
bolomchon— Name of a class of regional music
-lik— Nominal classifier that counts paper, clothes, sacks, nets, hats, etc
k'ulejal— Richness
ch'amel— To get sold
te'tikal chij— Deer
javaljay— Tol; jicalpestle; tortilla maker
korkoxtik— Scratchy, rough
xoraltik— Street
Xum— Bite

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