ch'ijel
Phonetic
[t͡ʃʼi.ˈxel]
English: Translation
To break the shell
Spanish: Translation
Romper el cascarón
Part of Speech
intransitive verb
Semantic Domain
Physical Actions
Life stages and rites of passage
Birds
Reptiles and amphibians
Animals
Example Sentence
Li unen bik'it kaxlane oy mu staik ta ch'ijel li spat li snaike.
English: Example Sentence
There are chicks that cannot break the shell.
Spanish: Example Sentence
Hay pollitos que no pueden romper el cascarón.
Dialect
San Andrés Larrainzar
Morphology
ch'ij- + -el
Notes
Incompletivo Completivo
1ra
2da
3ra Ta xch'ij Ich'ij
1ra (p., incl.)
1ra (p., excl.)
2da (p.)
3ra (p.) Ta xch'ijik Ich'ijik