ch'ayel k'otel o'onil

Phonetic

[t͡ʃʼa.ˈjel/kʼo.ˈtel/ʔo.ʔo.ˈnil]

English: Translation

Frightened; amazed, surprised

Spanish: Translation

Asustado(a); sorprendido(a), admirado(a), asombrado(a)

Part of Speech

adjective phrase

Semantic Domain

Emotions

Mental actions

Physical Impact

Example Sentence

Li juntote toj ch'ayel ik'ot yo'on k'aluk laj kalbekutik ti icham xa li stote.

English: Example Sentence

My uncle was very surprised when we told him that his father had already died.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Mi tío quedó muy sorprendido cuando le dijimos que ya había muerto su padre.

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Morphology

ch'ayel + k'otel + o'onil

Source

diccionario-tzotzil-de-san-andres-con-variaciones-dialectales-1978