kukay

Phonetic

[ku.ˈkaj]

English: Translation

Firefly

Spanish: Translation

Luciérnaga

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Insects and small creatures

Animals

Example Sentence

Li kukaye ja' lek xvinaj ta ak'ubaltik.

English: Example Sentence

The firefly looks good at night.

Spanish: Example Sentence

La luciérnaga se ve bien en la noche.

Plural form

kukayetik

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Scientific Name

Lampyridae

Source

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