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chijil— Comical
svunal vok'ebal— Birth certificate
ch'ulul— Smooth; slippery; brushed
lut'umajel— To jump as a rabbit
ch'akel— To move away, to separate, to divide; to distribute
Natijesel— To extend
p'alax— Montezuma pine bark
akov— Wasp
xik'il— Reclining (Positional)
li'— Here; this, these
koretol— Runner
p'uspat— Hunchback
ich' ts'ibael— To be written
p'ol— Increase
pat na— Backyard
mu buch'u— No one
anjobel— Straw, haystack
ech'el— For liquit to filter; to pass by, to get in
juntotil— Uncle
tup'el— To disappear
jkakamti'— Stutterer
mukel— To bury
tsebil— Daughter
K'annex— Blond
pat nuk'il— Nape
ik'tso'an— Dirty, dimy
k'uk'-toj— Guatemalan fir
chovil— Cheek
tsak'tsunel— To walk slow
maya— Mayan
sk'ak'al o'ontonal— Fit of anger, anger
Bot— 1) Jonote 2) Hail
ch'ul me'il— Godmother
pas chikil— To tickle
ip— A lot
j-alom ants— Recently delivered woman
p'evel— Half open; away (positional)
tukut— A kind of brown woodpecker
chuch-ch'o— A kind of rodent
k'anas-te'— Cupcake fruit
ak' k'elel— To let see
k'u cha'al— Why
ch'ekubel— To become broody
k'u'il— Shirt; clothes; bluse; suit
tson— Genital hair
pas ch'ail— To make smoke
schanul te'el na— Termite
ch'akil chitom— Talaje
-tob— Nominal classifier that counts the number of twenty
ch'ixp'unel— For someone's hair to stay on end
chij— Ram, lamb, sheep; deer; blanket
ach' k'op— Neologism
elvenix— Lemon
jelel— To change; to vary
ik'al xinich— Common black ant
ch'ojon tak'in— Telephone; telephone wire
ch'ajilal— Laziness
xaxel— To chew
patiel— To lay face down
jipolanel— To swing
a'alil— Pate
mu ch'anxiuk— Uneasy, restless
tsots k'oplal— Serious
mich'el— To imprison
ul— Atole
xotochak— Raspberry
yich'akil k'obil— Hand nail
slekubtasobil ts'ib— Sign
toyol— Expensive; high
ixtolal k'obil— Ring
yoxibal yajval— Third person
ich'-jo'— Bautism
chopol utunel— To have indigestion
chuk'onajebal— Washing place, clothes washing thing
k'uxpevul— Turkey berry
ch'ixal-toj— A kind of green worm
milel— To kill
chu'iltasel— To breast-feed
bik'tal-k'oponel— To verbally harass
busul— Piled up; pile
balch'ujel— To fall to the ground; to roll
tana— Later; today
lajuneb svaxaklajunvinik— Three hundred fifty
p'uyum— Chili water
keketajel— To cluck
pak'tael— To blame
sbi osil— Place name
cha'bankilil— Half brother
muk'— Predicative form of "Big"
persa— Force, strength
biilal— Name
sempat— Huarache
ox— Adverb of time that commonly occurs in context after a verbal particle or verb
Tentik— Place located on the eastern side of Xch'en Jsibes mut
ts'ubal k'op— Particle
vi'nal— Hunger
tunel— To be useful
leklek bail— Beautiful
komon k'uxumbail— To esteem each other, solidarity and mutual support
tot— Thick
Jots'el— To dig a trench
ak' xojobal— To light
ts'irin— Lined
Juxum Ek'el— Place located on the east side of Skanova Komiteko and the Los Pozos community center
puyuch'— Parakeet
ti' na— Door
yolonk'ok'— Rocket
tsajal asuka— Panela
satil— Eye; face
bik'it— Small, little
taki— Dried
chuk vakax— To tie a bull
naketajel— To stay seated
chinil— Way to stand an animal with horns
sirvela— Plum
kotiel— To park; to crawl
Joyoch'en— Name of a river
yox— Predicative form of "Green; blue"
Ts'aklivanejel— To accompany
chakil— Hip; bottom
ik'tsukan— Dirty, filthy, dimy; gray; dark
sikubtasel— To refresh
k'upil k'optael— To praise
chikiltael— To tickle
mas— More, plus
jeltosantik k'op— Linguistic variant
chibajes o'onil— To discourage
sjepelul ich'akil— Ingrown toenail
ch'ojilanel— To pierce, to make holes
ch'ubael— To wipe or clean the house
yibel vinajel— Horizon
sk'oplal— Promise; news
velolanel— To blow
ejanel— To bring on, to carry
jetel— Feet open (Positional)
chol mantal— To preach
tsakbail ta k'op— Strife
Ve'lil— Food
chukul— Narrow, reduced, tight; tied up; imprisoned
ch'uch'ultael— To tear apart, to pulverize
ik'al ja'as— Black sapote
ch'amalinel— To adopt
ch'oj— Rat; mouse
nop'ol— Burning
lubel— 1) To get tired 2) Tiredness
Ch'en Chij— Name of a cave
max— Monkey; howler monkey; spider monkey
ts'unolajel— To sow
vo'— Water
elov— Face
Ok'ochton— Place located on the route of the Jocosic road – header municipal of Huixtán, between K’anal Nab and Krus Bakelton
Jobel— San Cristóbal de Las Casas; a kind of grass
Lik lik— American kestrel
yolel— Doing, in progress
K'anal Nab— Lagoon that is located between the Xch'en Jsibesmut chasm and Ya'al Chij, belonging to the Adolfo López Mateos ejido, municipality of Huixtán
molibel— To get older, to age
vukpik— Fifty six thousand
nail poxil— Clinic
kaxa— Chest
bak'intik— Sometimes
al elek'— To tell someone to steal
stobal— Twentieth
mes— Broom
anima— Death person; late
oxpik— Twenty four thousand
tsobobbail— Assembly place; congregation; synagogue
kajiel— To be placed on top of, to ride
ja'ubel— To get wet
lich'el— To extend; to make tortillas
nukulajel— To wrinkle
balak'vo'— Water stream
avartoil— Packsaddle
k'ejimol— Singing, song
k'anal— Star
pek'el— Shorty, short
ch'ixbunel— For someone's hair to stay on end
chik'ob-tan— Lime kiln
ak'el ta o'onil— To hold a grudge
chechel— To carry with one's hands
chajchaj— Rattle
ch'ilob-pat-chitom— Paila
entrekal— Delivery
ch'akbail— Division
chonje— Four days ago
-ch'ix— Nominal classifier that counts the measure of a quater of a meter
nail ch'en— Cave
sch'uletanil— Smoothness
juch'uch'inel— To push with lever
muyubtasel— To cheer up
chenk'ultik— Bean field
taray— French tamarisk
k'utsukut— Wood pigeon; mourning dove
mu ch'anuk— Restless, uneasy
chavchav-om— Long-legged spider
j-ilvanej— Healer
j-ib— Armadillo
j-elek'— Robber, thief
ixtol-lajesel— To waste
-bus— Nominal classifier that counts quantities grouped into sets (contable or uncontable)
ik'el lok'el— To call to leave outside

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