likesel
Phonetic
[li.ke.ˈsel]
English: Translation
To start, to begin
Spanish: Translation
Empezar, principiar, iniciar
Part of Speech
transitive verb
Semantic Domain
Physical Actions
Mental actions
Example Sentence
Li muk'ta bolome jech iyal: —¿K'usi atik'oj tal ta uni tsue? Jal ek sutan batel, jeche latal, xu' ta jmilot. Mi mu xaxi' ta jtojole, likestik ti jpas k'ope, jk'el buch'u xu' yu'une.
English: Example Sentence
The tiger said to him: "What do you bring in your tecomate? Better go, poor you. I can kill you. If you're not afraid, let's start to see who wins."
Spanish: Example Sentence
El tigre le dijo: —¿Qué traes en tu tecomate? Mejor vete, pobre de ti. Te puedo matar. Si no tienes miedo, empecemos para ver quién gana.
Dialect
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Huixtán
Zinacantán
Venustiano Carranza
Morphology
likel + -esel
Notes
Incompletivo Completivo
1ra Ta jlikes La jlikes
2da Ta xalikes La alikes
3ra Ta slikes La slikes
1ra (p., incl.) Ta jlikestik La jlikestik
1ra (p., excl.) Ta jlikeskutik La jlikeskutik
2da (p.) Ta xalikesik La alikesik
3ra (p.) Ta slikesik La slikesik