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

Source

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