chanchikin

Phonetic

[t͡ʃan.t͡ʃi.ˈkin]

English: Translation

Bedbug

Spanish: Translation

Chinche

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Animals

Insects and small creatures

Example Sentence

Li chanchikine ja' toj chopol yu'un ta xuch' ch'ich'.

English: Example Sentence

Bedbugs are very bad because they suck blood.

Spanish: Example Sentence

La chinche es muy mala porque chupa la sangre.

Plural form

chanchikinetik

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Scientific Name

Cimex lectularius

Source

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