sk'an

Phonetic

[skʼan]

English: Translation

One has or needs to, it's necessary

Spanish: Translation

Hay que, es necesario

Part of Speech

interjection

Semantic Domain

Social activities and interactions

Example Sentence

Li koralil chije sk'an chabiel yu'un naka xlaj ta ok'il li chijetike.

English: Example Sentence

They need to take care of the sheep pen because the coyote can kill them.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Necesitan cuidar el corral de los borregos porque el coyote los puede matar.

Dialect

San Cristóbal de las Casas

San Andrés Larrainzar

Morphology

k'anel

Source

k-oponun-ta-bats-i-k-op-2021

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