ti'el

Phonetic

[ti.ˈʔel]

English: Translation

To eat meat, beans, etc.; to bite; to sting; sting; to devour

Spanish: Translation

Comer carne, frijoles, etc.; morder; picar; picadura; devorar

Part of Speech

verbo transitivo

noun

Semantic Domain

Physical Actions

Body functions

Food, cooking and foodways

Animals

Health, well-being and sickness

Noun Class

Sustantivo canónico

Example Sentence

The angry ants replied: —This is ours! Go look for another one, if you don't go we will devour you.

English: Example Sentence

Ti xinichetike toj jk'ak'ubel sjolik jech la stak'ik: —¡Li'i ja' jnakutik!, ba sa'o yan anae, batan me, mi mu xabate, ta me jti'otkutik —xi li xinichetike.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Las hormigas encolerizadas contestaron: —¡Ésta es nuestra!, ve a buscar otra, si no vas te devoraremos.

Plural form

ti'eletik

Dialect

Zinacantán

Notes

Incompletivo Completivo

1ra Ta jti' La jti'

2da Ta xati' La ati'

3ra Ta sti' La sti'

1ra (p., incl.) Ta jti'tik La jti'tik

1ra (p., excl.) Ta jti'tikotik La jti'tikotik

2da (p.) Ta xati'ik La ati'ik

3ra (p.) Ta sti'ik La sti'ik

Source

vocabulario-del-sk-op-sots-leb-el-tsotsil-de-san-lorenzo-zinacantan-1997