chijel

Phonetic

[t͡ʃi.ˈxel]

English: Translation

To strain; to sift

Spanish: Translation

Colar; cernir; cribar

Part of Speech

transitive verb

Semantic Domain

Physical Actions

Example Sentence

Li ule sk'an chijel k'aluk chich' meltsanele yu'un oy ep smats'il ta yut.

English: Example Sentence

First you need to sift the atole because it has a lot of mass in the bottom.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Primero necesitas cernir el atole porque en el asiento tiene mucha masa.

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Notes

Incompletivo Completivo

1ra Ta jchij Laj jchij

2da Ta xachij Laj achij

3ra Ta schij Laj schij

1ra (p., incl.) Ta jchijtik Laj jchijtik

1ra (p., excl.) Ta jchijkutik Laj jchijkutik

2da (p.) Ta xachijik Laj achijik

3ra (p.) Ta schijik Laj schijik

Source

vocabulario-tsotsil-espanol-2002

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