nuk'il
Phonetic
[nu.ˈkʼil]
English: Translation
Throat; neck
Spanish: Translation
Garganta; cuello
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Body parts
Example Sentence
Ch'abal yu'un jatvilun —xi ti kots tuluk'e, yu'un tsk’an sti'ukun, jech li jatav tal, jutuk xa mu la sk'okbikun ti jnuk'e —xi la ti tuluk'e.
English: Example Sentence
"I'm escaping because they want to eat me," the turkey responded. "They almost cut off my head, that's why I ran away".
Spanish: Example Sentence
—Estoy escapando porque me quieren comer —respondió el guajolote—. Por poco me cortan la garganta, por eso salí huyendo.
Plural form
nuk'iletik
Dialect
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Huixtán
Zinacantán
Venustiano Carranza
San Andrés Larrainzar
Morphology
Nuk' + -il
Notes
Al poseerse se quita -il.