jmeltsanej mexa

Phonetic

[xmel.t͡sa.ˈnex/me.ˈʃa]

English: Translation

Carpenter

Spanish: Translation

Carpintero

Part of Speech

noun

compound

Semantic Domain

Humans, Social Relations and Organization

Work and occupations

Noun Class

Sustantivo compuesto. Agente

Example Sentence

Ali jmeltsanej mexae cha'k'ol laj yak'be sbon li mexae.

English: Example Sentence

The carpenter put two coats of varnish on the table.

Spanish: Example Sentence

El carpintero le puso dos capas de barniz a la mesa.

Plural form

jmeltsanej mexaetik

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Morphology

j- + meltsanel + -ej + mexa

Source

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