chik'el

Phonetic

[t͡ʃi.ˈkʼel]

English: Translation

To burn; to eat

Spanish: Translation

Quemar; comer

Part of Speech

transitive verb

Semantic Domain

Physical Actions

Example Sentence

Li ve'lil li'i lek ta chik'el ta vaj.

English: Example Sentence

This food is good to eat with tortillas.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Esta comida es buena para comer con tortillas.

Example Sentence

Li k'a'epe sk'an chik'el yu'un toj ep xa.

English: Example Sentence

It's necessary to burn the garbage because there's already a lot of it.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Es necesario quemar la basura porque ya hay mucha.

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Notes

Incompletivo Completivo

1ra Ta jchik' Laj jchik'

2da Ta xachik' Laj achik'

3ra Ta schik' Laj schik'

1ra (p., incl.) Ta jchik'tik Laj jchik'tik

1ra (p., excl.) Ta jchik'kutik Laj

jchik'kutik

2da (p.) Ta xachik'ik Laj achik'ik

3ra (p.) Ta schik'ik Laj schik'ik

Source

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