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Nichimal— Garden
tusel— To comb
jolil— Head
ti— The (article that indicates that the noun, defined and specific, is remote or distant in time or space); that
kaktsajel— To get stuck
mas— Mallet
tatamol— Grandfather
poraso— Whack
yuxub— Tree knot; tail or navel of the gourd
arsial— Whip
Nesel— To nibble
-chex— Nominal classifier that counts branches and blushes of vegetables (taken with their root)
asento— Ranch; estate, farm; hacienda
le'— There; that, those
tael— To reach
tsakvanel— To take, to catch
t'ix— Period
tukiel— To thwart
Laux— Hobnail
tsits— Coyo
jloktor— Doctor
K'a' Koral— Name of a place
ech— Yes, that way
kaxlan-vaj— Bread
sak-tajmek— Very white
vaxak-— Numeral root of "Vaxakib''
balal ik'ubal— Pig
sats'— Giant silk moth worm
voch— Blister
i— Letter "i"; sand
pokbil— Clean
isak'— Potato; camotillo, sweet potato
ts'itesel— To raise, to breed; to splash water
avtael— To call by shouting
me'nal-ok'el— To howl; lament
k'o— Bridge
sustantivo— Noun
Chamu'— Chamula
ch'ijel— To hit two hard objects such as stones, snails or eggs
kajon— Drawer
joyel— To fence
ch'a— Predicative form of ''Bitter''
chi— Henequen; maguey; century plant
mu— Predicative form of "Delicious; fragant; repugnant"; contraction of "Mu'yuk''
nekebal— Shoulder
ik'ubel— To darken, to blacken; to get dirty
-bat— Applicative passive suffix
Mukenal— Cemetery, pantheon
jelavel— To pass
moy— Tobacco, pure
buch'u— Who; someone
kalon— 20 liter can
-chi'uk— And; with
ja'as— Mamey; sapodilla
k'ux— Painful
Xantik— Name of the neighborhood that is located in the San Andrés Puerto Rico ranch
lok'el— To leave; departure
sak— Predicative form of "White"
lavie— Today; in this moment, now
ba vinik— Tenth month of the Mayan calendar (from August 9 to 28, more or less)
jteklum— Municipality; homeland; city
Chanunajel— To study
k'exel— Change of authority; to loan, to lend
ch'etiel— To get disheveled
yubel— To reduce
orkana— Accordion
elubil— Wooer
vomol— Grass
xon— Wedge, chock, quoin
kotonil— Shirt
ch'upak'— Wingleaf soapberry
Bajel— For something to close
kunyax— Wedge, quoin
t'ujel— To select
k'on— Predicative form of "Yellow"
turumpu'— Spinning top
metsanel— To lay down a person or long object
yoket— Tenamaste
xepu'— Bait
manchuk— Although, though; if it weren't that
lubel— To be tired, to get tired; tiredness
malel— For the sun to set; to spill out
Utel— To scold
jok'el— To scratch or to dig
javel— Cesarean operation; to crack
kaxlan ch'upak— Castor oil plant
vantera— Flag
bek'tal takupalil— Human body
amoch— Toad
ach'— New; spotted sandpiper
jaxpik'— A kind of quail
lajuneb yoxvinik— Fifty
arbijal— Pea
xk-— First person incompletive aspect marker in transitive verbs that start with consonant
tsajtsunajel— To murmur, to whisper
me'onal— Poverty
Batixta— Bautista
manlajel— To buy
J-Ernantex— Hernandez
kalon— Gallon
jinich'— Ant
lum— Clay
vo'ne— Years ago, a long ago
sa'el— To look for, to search, to get
a'alts'i'— Otter
lupel— To scoop something out with a gourd
elek'— Robbery
Nuxel— To swim
ti' be— Gate
atintasel— To bath
xavon— Soap
volol— Heaped; round
Soplej Yoytik— Small valley located on the eastern side of the Jocosic community center
katlom te'— Bar
tsu— Gourd for water, tecomate; calabash tree
muk' bak'ni— Never
ox— Particle that indicates a time in the past
xikit— Lightweight
chanulpom— Bee
akosto— August
valopat— Rear
kranata— Passion fruit
ch'i'el— To break blanket or nylon
Tan Vits— Huixtan, first pre-Hispanic Huixtec Tzotzil center taken violently by the Spanish in 1524
vechel— Standing (Positional)
kantela— Candle
obte'— Strawberry tree
Xokael— To tie up
muk'ta xik— Eagle
vaklajun-— Numeral root of "Vaklajuneb''
kaxa— Box, drawer
ichin— A kind of owl; heron
arveyo— Arguello
chin— Smallpox
ch'oj— Hole
jayib ora— When, what time
tulix— Dragonfly
ts'i'bael— To write
ts'un— First month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendary (from December 27 to January 15); sowing, planting
sorkovex— Eastern whip-poor-will
ik'pok'an— Purple
tunesel— To use
sts'akobil ts'ib— Conjunction
tsoj-tajmek— Very red
Tuluk'mut— Trogon
pats'el— To smash
oxlajunvinik— Two hundred sixty
vakib— Six
chapel— To get prepared; to roll up
Antel— Andrea
maxtro— Teacher
nailvun— Library
julub— Chisel
vo' ta tuvo— Drinking water
ts'isel— To close the door; to sew
bu to jechuk— Until where
juklajuneb— Seventeen
julavel— To wake up
jonon— Bumblebee; moyote
poko'— Old
keremalil— Brother, little brother (of a woman)
k'echob— Stub (part of a tree trunk)
nab— Lagoon
ba'i— First; before
tub ik'— Seizure; epilepsy
tuchul— Still
Juxum— Grinder
tunuk'— Cotton
ixtol ve'lil— Food game
ja'alts'i'— Otter
pixvaj— Tortilla napkin
ts'akalul k'op— Morpheme
ch'ul— Sacred
meme'— Lady
t'enulanel— To bounce ball
xt'ixixal— Ellipsis
ants— Woman
yajel— To get hurt; wound
Tsa'nebal— Bathroom, latrine, toilet
Pat K'ocho'— Hill that is located on the west-west side of the Jocosic ejido community center, municipality of Huixtán
Tselepat— Tzelepat ejido, municipality of Huixtán
uts— Predicative form of "Cheap, economic"
-e— Clitic complementary to the article or determiner, it also functions as a phrase boundary mark; passive suffix
kots tuluk'— Male turkey
ch'alel— To roll up the weft; to remove the leaf and peel from a segment to make it smooth
me'anal ants— Widow
kaxlanvaj— Bread; machine-made tortilla
muts'el— To close your eyes
k'atajel— To become
y-— Third person possessive prefix used with nouns that start with vowel; third person completive aspect mark used with transitive verbs that start with vowel
p'ilel— To be posponted
me'chon— Red-tailed boa
balamil— Earth; world
k'abnebal— Urinary
limeta— Bottle
k'evex— Anona; papausa
avolajel— To plant
kolal-te'— Cage
tsukulinel— To trip on
vel te'— To cut down the bushes and splash the weeds that may exist in a plot

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