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nom ta staj— From time to time
Um— Bite
ve'elil— Food
petok— Prickly pear, fig opuntia
najomajel— To spin
otol— Count
bik'etel— To crave
tiniel— To get still; to calm down
Lok'tombail— Photography
ajnilal— Wife
k'anch'etan— Brown; gray
jelubtasej k'op— Translator
votsol— Disheveled; pulled
Ojov— Myrtle
K'o Yojlimton— Tzotzil name of the bridge that connects the San Cristóbal de Las Casas–Ocosingo–Palenque highway, it is located about six hundred meters on the northeast side of the municipal seat of Huixtán
kiletel chon— Snake
Olontik— Tzotzil zone that covers the region of the lower part of the slopes of the municipality of Huixtán
cha'lomanbil— Phonetic assimilation
membel— Grandmother
lotsol— Stack
batilanel— To go out
mail chon— Armadillo
k'amulajel— To roll up; to get tangled up
Tsisan Kots— Place located in the southern part of the community center of the San Gregorio ejido
kankara'— Crab
vet'— Mocambo tree
Kalal— Naked or loose
sujel— To hurry; to compel; to push; to force
xemuna— Week
k'u— What; which
ti— That; variant of "Ta"; the
makom— Brambleberry; blackberry
matas— Thistle
asba— As
k'ux nuk'il— Pharynx pain; diphteria
ja'al tso'— Diarrhea
onox— Anyway; always
ok'en-ajval— Nineth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from May 21 to June 09)
pach'el— To flatten
muk'ta nab— Sea
balch'ujel— To slip off
v— Letter ''v''
sujvanel— To force
k'usie— But
najebal— Pumpkin that is put on the spindle
alku'— Bow
evanel— To cause; to carry
lajuneb xcha'bok'— Four hundred ten
biiltasel— Baptize; to baptize
te xabat— Goodbye, bye (singular)
Makte'— 1) Corral 2) Barn
ak'ubal— Night
balal— Rolled things (cylindrical)
x-ub— New World quail
Varil— Barrel
vits— Hill; mountain; volcano
konjunsion— Conjuction
-p'ej— Nominal classifier that counts the number of round things, houses, flowers, etc
lok'el— To rent
pere— But
stojol— Price
muk'ibel— To get bigger
t'omt'om— Thick
Je'— Aha, uh uh
Lil— Saddlebag
xixibton— River gravel
tsuk— A kind of little mouse
k'al junab— In a year
metsanel— To lay down
cha'bankilal— Half brother
k'ajomal— Only, no more
topol— Caught
chin— Pimple; wheal, rash
ech'esel— To pass
T'ixel— To lash
bijil— Attributive form of "Smart, intelligent, wise, able, clever"
Oxib xcha'vinik— Twenty three
k'a'esobil nukul— Container in which leather is tanned.
bankilal— Older brother; lader, chief, sovereign
labal— Admirable, extraordinary
luk— Coa
ch'iel— To grow, to develop, to raise
okol— Foot
manyail— Habit
ak'inajel— To clean cornfield, vegetable, etc
jk'anolajel— Almoner
pukujil— Attributive form of "Angry, brave"
sien— One hundred
Tontik— Scree
ch'amalil— Grandchild; child
uch'om-o'— Pit
k'onon— May beetle, June bugs, Juny beetle
puj— Montezuma cypress
suk'obil— Scourer
euk— Also, too, as well
koro'il— Windpipe
chi'ilil— Partner, mate
Parajel— Place, spot
poyoy— Hooded skunk
-i— Asuntive intransitive verb suffix
pom— Seventeenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from October 28 to November 16); incense
li'i— Here
ixtolal— Toy
ax— Coat
vok'el— To break pots
oxlajun-— Numeral root of "Oxlajuneb''
Kuxkux— Barn owl
chik'il— Sweat
lubtsajel— To weaken
muy— Naseberry
Vaskis— Vazquez
t'ujum— Pretty, handsome
k'alal ta ora— Until now
chopol k'optael— To curse
ch'akbenal— Hyphen
tek'tsajel— To sow
lus— Light; electricity
kantila— Candle
Yut Ti'il— Neighborhood that belongs to the San Gregorio ejido
xi'el— To fear, to be scared; fear
sak obal— Tuberculosis
-kutik— First person plural exclusive direct object; first person plural exclusive imperative marker; first person plural exclusive suffix
K'a' Pustik— Name of a place
xot'ol— Snuggled up (positional)
t'uxubtasel— To wet
Va'alton— Place where a stone protrudes from the margin of the Tsaconeja River or Huixtán River, on the south side of the San Gregorio pre-Hispanic archaeological center
lo'lavanel— To cheat, to deceive
xpok'ok'— Frog; toad
buts'el— To kiss
laj xa— I already did
ipajel— To get sick
chib xcha'vinik ta— Numeral root of ''Chib xcha'vinik''
nakanel— To sit
Balaxilna— Community located on the southeast side of the Ch'enpil ejido, municipality of Huixtán
Tsajal Lumtik— Place located on the road to the San Andrés ranch
k'asel— Fracture; to fracture, to break
kechanel— To suspend
nochiel— To stand like insects
bonol— Paint; color
sutum-ik'— Swirl
te'tik— Forest; wooded space
Kotomajel— To crawl
lajel o'onil— To forgive oneself
pelax— Pear
Kajveltik— Coffee plantation
-uk— Subjunctive marker
t'anal— Naked
keremal— Young male
li— The
Uxumtik— Gritty
t'iniel— To bend
k'usi xa sjalil— Since when
xvaxaklajunebal— Eighteenth
bik'it xjochoch— Cochineal
jalavel— To knit
bot'ol— Something out of its place, half out
anjel— Angel
aro— Ring
lekil chapanel— Collective settlement, collective justice or good settlement, which are the ways of fixing and resolving the needs, problems and conflicts that arise within the family or in the community
om— Spider
chirka— Chilca
tamel— To collect; to obtain
chon— Snake
tsoyel— To turn on
Timil— Stretched
cha'keremil— Stepson
chib sien ta mil— Two hundred thousand
jva'anejna— Bricklayer
ch'ilimjobel— Straw to make bow
Xnikinab— Lagoon located near Pech'oktik
sun— Wild sunflower
limon— Lemon
manel— To buy
joviel— To get desoriented
tusus— Aztec marigold
chinamil— Brain
tselovil— Cramp, electric shock
akov— Honeycomb
ch'ayanel— To be born
kolo'— Fight
plata— Silver
smelol ts'ib— Basic grammar
sakjol— Tayra
Romin— Domingo
Soktom— Chiapas
chachi'— Cow okra
pojol— Empty
kayel— To dislocate
jpojvanej— Defender, lawyer
a'ukel— To think wrongly
-poch— Nominal classifier that counts the number of concave, amorphous objects
ichonil— Vagine, groin
ama— Reed flute
chanlajun-— Numeral root of "Chanlajuneb''
ak' chonlajel— To sell
nopol— Close, near
-voy— Nominal classifier that counts the number of nights
Yuk'lajetel— To boost
tusiel— To gather together
vakib— Six

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