bakni'al ixim

Phonetic

[bak.ni.ˈʔal/ʔi.ˈʃim]

English: Translation

Weevil

Spanish: Translation

Gorgojo

Part of Speech

noun

compound

Semantic Domain

Insects and small creatures

Animals

Noun Class

Sustantivo compuesto

Example Sentence

Li bakni'al iximetik tey nakalik ta yut ixim, ja' ta sjoch'intasik.

English: Example Sentence

Weevils live in corn and eat it.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Los gorgojos viven en el maíz y se lo comen.

Plural form

bakni'al iximetik

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Scientific Name

Curculionidae

Morphology

bakni' + -al + ixim

Source

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