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kajinel— To float in water
ch'atajel— To be smoked
k'otebal— To be about to arrive
komelal— Leftover
chukinab— Jail
tek'el— Pulled up (Positional)
pas palta— To lack
jnop-k'op— Liar
ventainvanel— To rule
choyal uk'um— River fish
yaxubel— To green up
nuti'— Net
chubul— Shrunken feet
totsjol— Bird that has crest
p'itel— To jump
a— Letter ''a''; ah
buch'u yu'un— Whose
kajtsajel— To climb and reach the summit; for rash to break out
chichinab— Chichina or clay sieve
ts'ijel— To bring down
chonolajel— To sell, to trade
isimil— Mustache; root
anilajel— To run; run, race
chonlajel— To sell
jekel— To break off
natikil— Elongated
kuveta— Bucket
Vochel— To get blisters
vakax— Cow, bull
bik'tal tsib— Souther maidenhair fern
vo'onkotik— First person plural exclusive personal pronoun
cha'vinik— Forty
t'ot'etel— To walk slow
jpojel— Defender, avocado
-chev— Nominal classifier that counts pieces with leaves
jaykot— How many (Animals, things or objects with legs)
svakibal— Sixth
ji'— Yes
muk'ubel— To get bigger
Uch'balil— Drink
aventael— To replant (Particularly the cornfield)
abtel— Work, job; homework; position; trade; employment
k'anal ja'as— Cupcake fruit
ch'emel talel— To be born
m— Letter "m"
xuk'umajel— To hiccup
ch'ayel— To lose; to throw
jay— Tol; jicalpestle; tortillero
balinel— To help with a medicine, to relieve
buro— Funnel
me'te'— Wood for yoke that cockles the earth
kachu— Horn
balunlajuneb— Nineteen
lekil talelal— Righteousness
simaron itaj— Onion that multiplies
tentsun— Goat, billy goat
chanib— Four
ch'en— Stone; cave; boulder; ravine
basastik— Lined, streaky
k'ulub— Locust
j-et'esej-k'op— Lawyer; interpreter
sinto ch'o— Wild mouse
chuk'umajel— To wash
va'un— And; so; with that
mu'yuk bu— Never
ju'el— Power
sjeleltosol— Variation
cha'koj-sat— Weasel
kolel— To break free; to heal, to recover; to survive
k'ak'etal— Chafing
jch'ipom— Babysitter, nanny
nop k'op— To lie
ik'sot'an— Dirty
batel— To go; directional "From here to there" used to make other verbs
k'oxoxal vaj— Roasted tortilla
o'lol smotsobal— Single quotation marks
jchank'op— Disciple
vet— Bobcat; gray fox
tararan— Mexican vulture
binal vo'— Jar
ik'melan— Shady
ibelinel— To take roots, to put down roots
ibelal— Root, stem, base
va'un cha'a— Therefore
chichimamal— Cuchumama
k'opojel— To speak; voice
jchon-k'u'il— Clothes seller
o'il— Leg
nochoch— Clingy
nukulil— Someone's skin
Ve'lilal— Food
k'uxkumun— Pale-vented pigeon
ixtol— Toy; ring
oro chon— Coral snake
ch'util— Stomach, belly, abdomen; stem
komel— To stay
k'u'ilal— Clothes, clothing; blouse; shirt
Xch'oal sots'— Shrew
ch'it— Orchid tree
vaklajunbok'— Six thousand four hundred
bateltik— Sometimes
ok'om to— See you tomorrow (singular)
sbakil sti' o'onil— Rib, chest
jatavil— Person or animal that flees
kotomil— Jacket (sarape type)
buyum-ich— Chili sauce
Vuchesel— To inflate
javalxonobil— A kind of huarache for dead people
tik' bail— To get into, to insert oneself; to interfer
ch'ojontak'in— Cellphone, phone
k'ak'al sik— Malaria
cholcholbe— A kind of ants that walk formed
sik'alajel— To smoke
juch'ul— Thin
chuk'om— Washing
tsobel— To gather things or seeds
uch'bajel— Drink; to drink
sjunul— All
-bis— Nominal classifier that counts cups
asaron— Hoe
jich'jich'— Predicative form of "Thin"
ox— Particle that indicates finished action, in the future or in the past, denoting aspect perfective
ne'el— To put aside
ch'utna— Wall
Maruch— Mary
sak ch'ak— Crab louse
ok'ob— Tomorrow
chikin xoral— Street corner
chib ora ts'ebujel k'ak'al— Two o'clock in the afternoon
jk'ux-te' chon— Termite
jobel— Straw or grass
buch'uuk no'ox— Whoever, anyone
pachanel— To put something in a basket
jamel— To open; to amply
xalten— Frying pan
chi'— Nance
ak'el ta ch'om— To lend
jnupunel tseb— Bride
sitib— Name of a tree
cho'obal— Cheektooth
tsik'el— To break
pixjolal— Hat
chab-balumil— Mud
chonob-tsapatu— Shoe store
k'unil ch'util— Abdomen, belly
chamaroil— Blanket
yik'al satil— Pupil
chenek'altik— Bean field
chikin kaya— Street corner
chapanobbail— Judgement
chik'el— To burn down
tub-ik'— Seizure; epilepsy
sak pojan— Gray
k'ok'— Fire; fever; predicative form of "Hot"; stove; lamp; light; warmth
lek no'ox— So-so, more or less
lot'omchij— Numb
lebel— Open
ok— Tortoise, turtle
Maltil— Martin
ich'el— To carry, to take; to get, to receive; to bring
nits'i'— Skin raised from the contour of the nail, the cuticle (disease)
ba'yuk— First; before
ko'ol elanel— To be similar, to be like, to be the same
okil— Foot; stem; bottom
Kotijel— To crawl
arbija— Pea
mis— Vagina
tsunbal— Origin
nichk'in— Twelfth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from July 20 to August 08)
tuibel— To get stinky; to rot
jimel— To turn
av-— Second person completive aspect mark used with transitive verbs that start with vowel; second person possessive prefix used with nouns that start with vowel
chanul akov— Wasp
jsakubel k'anal— Bright star
tsutsesel— To finish
mesovajel— To sweep
ch'um— Cushaw squash
bits'k'ujel— To lose weight on tip (like a stick)
saben— Weasel
ch'uch'ul chon— Parasite; insect
komel— Terror; to stay
vajal— That is not bushy, sparse
xikal kaxlan— Pylmouth rock chicken
jabil— Year
ik'votsan— Light brown
natikil chichol— Long tomato
Manteka— Butter
jmilvanej— Murderer
vorxa chichol— Mexican husk tomato
jamal pepen— Kite
yibel turumil— Pharynx
pasel ta chopol— To spoil
tsajal choy— Shrimp
j-il-k'in pepen— A kind of butterfly
jtsak-choy— Fisher
jbolomajel— Trader
vok'el— To be born
panmut— Keel-billed toucan
antsil— Female lover
jun o— Another, different, another one

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