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bat'bat'el— To withdraw, to move away
biinel— To be named; to be baptized
u'lol— Eighth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from May 1 to 20)
ak'obal— Night
jun yoxvinik— Fourty one
sep'— A kind of scabies
ochel talel— To get in
k-— First person possessive prefix used with nouns that start with vowel; first person incompletive aspect marker used with transitive verbs that start with vowel
ajpon— Rattlesnake
leklek bail— Pretty, beautiful, handsome
banumil— World; earth; ground
pats'— Tamale
chi'ilil ta chanun— Classmate
takintasel— To dry
tsis uch— Laurel
me'il— Mother
net'el— To crush, to smash, to press; to run over
ch'el— Parrot
mum— Honeycomb worn; honeycomb
Baril— Barrel
lekom antsil— Girlfriend
javel— To cleave, to cut in two, to split
pich'el— To knead; to weight down
smelolal— Meaning; semantic
xk'un— Lesser roadrunner
jchamel— Patient
ch'ak— Flea
xomol— Toothless
ni'me'elil— Mother-in-law (of a man)
jmulil— Delinquent; sinner
matanil— Gift
trato— Pact, covenant
ak' ilel— To show
ti' mok— Gate of the corral or fence
jbiiltasvanej— Noun
sakil tak'in— Silver
u'el— Can
volov— Lowland paca
ts'aklom— Person who follows another
Tonik— Antonia
chonbolom— Animal
tuluk'pukuj— True owl, typical owl
vayel— To sleep; sleeping
Abulajel— To make a favor
aj— Carrizo; flute
chu' vakax— Milk
komon ve'el— Collective coexistence, collective food
sts'ep'ujel k'ak'al— Afternoon
ts'emeni'— Name of a tender plant
pixil— Wrapped
Laura— Laura
lilejel— For a leaf or fruit to fall
tojel— To pay
stekel— All
-chuk— Nominal classifier that counts the set of things that can be grasped by hand at once
riko— Rich person
jlikel— A moment
k'u'il pok'il— Clothing, clothes
tajmoj— Particle that expresses enormity
jujun— Each one, every
jipiel— Colgarse
-pix— Nominal classifier that counts things wrapped by some sheet
k'asemal— Crack, rupture, fissure
Sesilia— Cecily
bala— Bullet; shot
ajapon— Honey
vuklajunvinik— Three hundred forty
ts'isomajel— To sew; to embroider
nuk'il— Throat; neck
balom-x-ul— Yellow-billed stilt
lep'unel— To hurt
mu k'ucha'al— It doesn't matter
mats'el— To chew
chijolanel— To shake the rattle
ik'vanel— To call; to invite
chik'om— Burner
juch'um— Griding
takel— To send
Loxa— Rose
k'anset'an— Pale, anemic
jomol— Hollow; broken; holed
ts'akanel— To joint, to complete
ba— Gopher
Antona— Antonia
bakal-nich vomol— Medicinal herb used to cure coughing
ch'ojel— To drill, to hole, to make holes
chanlajunvinik— Two hundred eighty
sibajel— To wood
k'inal— Luck
Pim— Thick double, thick
Nichimajel— To flower
balbal— Round
bok'ol— Zonte
abat— Servant
it'ixajel— To be jealous, to envy; jelousy, envy
pambil— Cooked
josel— To peel fruit peel; to cut wood
ts'uts'el— To suck; to kiss
koxov— Lame
puch'iel— For a quadruped animal to lay down
julvanel— To inject
chukulal— Reduced way
k'upinel— To like; to appreciate; to wish
ik'tuban— Cloudy
k'ak'al— Elegant
k'el k'ak'al chon— Lizard
vach'— Acahual
ox-— Numeral root of ''Oxib''
ch'unel— To believe; to accept a commitment; faith
xankrix— Bronzed cowbird
cho'vanel— To fool, to lie, to cheat
kaxlan makom— Strawberry
k'ox kotom— Central American agouti
tsaviel— For the hair to rise
vivich— Chick
apun— Tumor
Bikbunajel— To squirm
vakunail— Vaccine
p'is— Cup, glass
mantal— Order, command, law
ejiro— Ejido, common
mesel— To sweep
sat te'— Fruit
ch'amel— To accept
mut— Bird
j-atimol— Person bathing
Vi'najel— To be hungry
nop'el— To light up
k'uxubinel— To take care of
-tsel— Nominal classifier that counts the number of big hills
chan vun— To study
uts'intael— To bother; to mistreat
Ni'tontik— Mitontic
toyel— To lift an object
Jok'osik— Jocosic
k'oletel— To run; race, run
ni' akanil— Toe; toenail
choy— Fish
jimk'obtael— To call using the hand
oxej— In three days
tik'il— Introduced, inserted
makbil— Closed by someone
kastiya— Spanish language
xuk'ubil— Elbow
Ya'al Ka'— Name of a place
xulem— King vulture
manbil— Bought, purchased
ich' mulil— To be sad
kutin— Short tailed
ti'bol— Meat, flesh
sk'anel o'ontonil— Will
nabatal— Knitting labor
ch'ajil— Attributive form of "Lazy"
skamul— Splinter
komon abtel— Task, labor
lekvanej— Anticipator
ch'ekch'ek— Broody
lu'il— Vagina
me'munajel— To kid; to meow
jchanun— Student
bakix— Scrawny
k'inabal— Drizzle
marauch'— A kind of small ant
ch'ijob— Stone
limil— Loaded fruit
-mil— Nominal classifier that counts thousands
alak'— Chicken; bird
k'u'ul— Clothes, clothing; blouse; shirt
tsatsal jolil— Hair
kampana mut— Brown-backed solitaire
lajuneb yoxlajunvinik— Two hundred fifty
chon vakax— To sell cows
seruch— Handsaw
vo'ob xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of ''Vo'ob xcha'vinik''
bek'et— Meat, flesh
kolesel— To set free
k'ak'alil— Day
tojolil— Cost, price; salary
imperativo— Imperative
Lakanel— To boil
mulivajel— To sin; to commit adultery; sexual immorality
rimich'— Sling
t'abel ta o'ntonal— To remember
mekel— To twist
son— Song
p'ajel— To fall
xenen— Mosquito
t'axjol— Hairless
tselov— Ray; gleam
ik'-tajmek— Very black
Jov— Armful
mukil— Younger sister (of a woman)
poj— Predicative form of "Sour; bitter"
Simal— Flu
k'a'al balumil— Compost
Tselej— Peak
jpich'om— Midwife who attends during pregnancy
chanubtasvanel— To teach, to educate
elanel— To be; to exist
mi laje— Later, then, subsequently

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