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On— Avocado
elovtael— To amuse
Lusie— Lucy
oxvinik xcha'bok'— Four hundred sixty
xchibet yo'onton— Dubitative
xulemtak'in— Airplane
chaukil makom— A type of blackberry
mi ja'uk— Or, either, neither, nor
toj k'exlal sba— Brazen
keremal— Youth
lum— Earth, dirt, ground, land; town; place
ch'oleb— Wild plant with violet flowers that generally blooms from October to December
bajel— To drop
yutil chikinil— Ear
mikix— Navel
vovi-ilinel— To get angry without a reason
Tuil nichim— Spearmint
Job— Job
li'e— Here
ts'uts'upil— Canine, fang
abmal— Mountain; forest
sa'vanel— To search, to look for
chichol— Tomato
cho'ol— Peeled; hurt
siuel— To fluff up (Like wool or pita)
ta sjelavel— In front of; beyond
ich'mulil— Sadness
ixinel— To tresh corn
nopel— To think; to name; to decide
lukluk— Distorted
ulel— To get back; to fall apart; to dry up
Tsukut— Belly
st'ujobil yelanil— Nominal classifier (forms)
kajlebal— Loft; shelf, table or special broad to put something on
muk'ta— Attributive form of "Big"
balbal— Cylindrical
k'exlal— Shame
ajan— Corn
pajomte'— Stake
chopol— Useless; incorrect
chijchij— Jingle bell rattle
chik'ub-tan— Lime kiln
ch'oliv— Wild plant with violet flowers that generally blooms from October to December
ch'ojon-nuk' mut— Heron
ch'opel— To put one's hand in
chobchobaltik— Set of cornfields
k'uk'— Citreoline trogon
aseite— Oil
ch'ich'inajel— For a lot of blood to come out
inatan— Iguana
il u
elov— Fun
ik'musan— Shady
muk'ta manta— Sheet
isimil— Mustache; beard; root
sk'un tsotsil— Hair
schinamil bak— Marrow
chijal chon— Corton
ixlavan ton— Flint
jech oxal— That is why, therefore
orasi— Now yes
ich'el ta k'ux— To have compassion, to pity
lot'ol— Snuggled up (Posicional)
ach'eltik— Swamp
ch'ixal alampre— Barbed wire
ch'ul— Fair, good, loyal; sacred
chuk nuk'il— To hang (neck)
joyom k'ok'— Alleying and cleaning the perimeter of the logged area to control the fire and prevent forest fires
alvasil— Glup meter
chichinob-vo'— Watering can
Ak' nux— To swim
ja'al-chon— A kind of snake that usually lives at the edge of the stream
lino— Linen
tsalbail— Competition
svinajesobil— Mark
banban— Fat
chichinab-jo'— Watering can
k'u cha'al stojol— How much does it cost
cholol— In line, aligned
xi-— First person incompletive aspect marker used with intransitive verbs
tak'in— Money
k'usitik ibal sba— Uncleanness
lakrio— Brick
it'ixanel— To keep a jealous eye on, to be jealous of
Palechon— Armpit
ts'inte' bolom— Margay
chenek'tik— Bean field
ch'entik— Scree; stony
tajintasel— To conjugate; conjugation
xchanibal vinkil— Sixteenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from October 08 to 27)
sokesel— To decompose
kuch u'unil— To resist
asienta— Ranch; farm; hacienda
mulinel— To commit a crime
tsebalil— Sister, little sister (of a man)
ak'ubaltseov— Bad woman; supernatural being
vuro— Donkey
patix— Basilisk; helmet iguana
lochol— Snuggled up (Positional)
navuel— To spin
sat-te'— Fruit
mux— Nineteenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from December 07 to 26)
bujbujil nuk'il— Adam's apple
losol— Wet
tipil— Tight clothes
tajinel— To play
bu— Where
jk'axlan— Ladino; non indigenous
xi'elal— Terror
abolajel— To do favor; to be kind; to get upset
o'lol ak'ubal— Midnight
bak'o— Bridge
chikin j-ik'al— A kind of fungus that grows on rotten wood
perol— Perol
t'unel— To search, to look for; to investigate
Xux— Honeycomb
vechiel— To get up
Jxevlino— Serevino
-sil— Nominal classifier that counts the number of cane slices, ready to be chewed
pat te'— Coastal
junich'onil— Nephew (of a man)
k'oj— Mask; bridge
vun— Book; paper
pitil— Thrown away (something round)
joyobajel— To spin around; spin
jalil— A long time
alibil— Daughter-in-law
chi'ilil ta chanvun— Classmate
luchel— To decorate a shirt or a bluse
ts'e'etel— To stagger
ba— Gopher; first; over, on, above
Avril— April
muchul— Lying down, shrunken (Positional)
ovolanejel— To sow corn
av k'abil— Bladder
ak'al— Ember; coal
lajunvinik yoxbok— One thousand
tojolil— Price, cost; salary
tajamol— Game, play
jororetel— To make snoring noise; snore
Iko'— A Tzotzil last name
ch'och'obtael— To tear apart with one's teeth
uchul chi— Maguey, century plant
it'ixal o'onil— Jealousy, envy
Ach'el
ak' akuxa— To inject
chaval— Open, separated, extended
chantsel— Cow okra
ch'uch'— Platanillo; lily
k'ob cho'— Mexican jumping pitviper, jumping viper
yav k'ok'— Stove
muibel— To be delicious
jk'atajesvanej yo' mu xjelav spaselal— Intransitivazing mark
ta slajeb xa une— Finally
sts'aktak k'op— Affix
buyel— To crumble (chili in the molcajete)
mulavinel— To sin
jopel— To pick up seeds or dust with your fist
jup osil— Soil removal in multi-crop plots and in stony areas
lajcha'vinik— Two hundred forty
laj— I did
Vo'obal— Fifth
abmaltik— Mountain; forest
p'otsiel— To climb
vale'— Cane
olol— Kid; child, baby (of a woman)
k'a'ep— Garbage
vo'vinik— One hundred
k'ejoj— Singing
chikario— Chicory
vo'otik— First person plural inclusive pronoun
chu'ib— Suede or cloth bag used by women to store money
xchibal vinkil— Fourteenth month of the Tsotsil Mayan calendar (from August 29 to September 17)
nop'nun— Blaze
nakiel— To sit down
chevel— To half grind, to crush, to break
-ch'ilel— Nominal classifier that counts the number of times you fry something
ti vo'nee— Time ago, previously
sik'olal— Cigar, cigarette
x-— Third person incompletive aspect marker used in intransitive verb
ch'olov— Wild plant with violet flowers that generally blooms from October to December
Yanch'en— Place that is on the east side of the San Fernando community center
machita— Machete
chibajel o'ontonil— To get discouraged
mol— Predicative form of "Old"; husband
kok— Chalum (tree that serves as shade for coffee plantations)
kuchilu— Knife
Lotsom— Papaya
chu'il— Chest; breast
taki ti'— Thirst
pojel— To steal
Tsinil— Tight
ajanchon— Rattlesnake
ta'ajel— For something to cook
tsobojel— Meeting
lo'el— To eat fruits
Antax— Bier
t'ent'en— Drum sound
tsu-itaj— A kind of wild vegetable with white leaves on one side
komtsanel— To leave alone, to abandon

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