at'esel

Phonetic

[ʔa.tʼe.ˈsel]

English: Translation

To wet, to water, to spray

Spanish: Translation

Mojar, regar, rociar

Part of Speech

transitive verb

Semantic Domain

Physical Actions

Water, bodies of water and the water cycle

Example Sentence

Li nichimetike li ta yorail k'epelale sk'an at'esel.

English: Example Sentence

Flowers need to be watered in the winter.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Las flores deben regarse en invierno.

Dialect

San Andrés Larrainzar

Notes

Incompletivo Completivo

1ra Ta xkat'es Laj kat'es

2da Ta xavat'es Laj avat'es

3ra Ta xat'es Laj yat'es

1ra (p., excl.) Ta xkat'estik Laj kat'estik

1ra (p., incl.) Ta xkat'eskutik Laj kat'eskutik

2da (p.) Ta xavat'esik Laj avat'esik

3ra (p.) Ta xat'esik Laj yat'esik

Source

vocabulario-tsotsil-espanol-2002

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