kuxlejal
Phonetic
[kuʃ.le.ˈhal]
English: Translation
Life; nature
Spanish: Translation
Vida; naturaleza
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Universe and the natural world
Example Sentence
Itak'av ti te'e, —ti vu'une chi-ok' yu'un mu'yuk kanal, mu xch'i jsat xtok, melel ti achi'iltake ta xmuyik ta jkok jk'ob, ta stulik ti kanale xchi'uk ti jsate, ja' yu'un chi-ok'e, yu'un mu xich'ik ta muk ti jkuxlejale.
English: Example Sentence
The tree responded: ''I cry because I don't have leaves, my fruits don't grow because your companions climb my branches and strip me of my leaves. That's why I cry: they don't respect my nature.''
Spanish: Example Sentence
El árbol respondió: —Lloro porque no tengo hojas, no crecen mis frutas porque tus compañeros suben a mis ramas y me deshojan. Es por eso por lo que lloro: no respetan mi naturaleza.
Dialect
Zinacantán