ch'amalil

Phonetic

[t͡ʃʼa.ma.ˈlil]

English: Translation

Adopted child; child

Spanish: Translation

Niño(a) adoptado(a); hijo(a)

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Humans, Social Relations and Organization

Kinship and relationships

Example Sentence

Li ch'amalil li'i ja' unen me'on yu'un chamem xa stot sme' schi'uk sbankiltak.

English: Example Sentence

This adopted child is orphan; his parents and siblings are dead.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Este niño adoptado es huérfano: sus padres y hermanos están muertos.

Plural form

ch'amaliletik

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Morphology

ch'amal + -il

Notes

-ch'amal-

Source

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