V
vaca
	cow
	turuh (SD) "vaca, res, toro"
	wa:ka:x (C) "vaca, ganado"

vaciar poco a poco, rebajar, mermar 
	to pour out, to empty a little, to reduce 
		taka:xawa (SD) 
	
vacunar
	to vaccinate
	-chiwa bakunar (SD) 
	
vago, hombre haragán
	bum, lazy man, vagabond
	ta:kapala (C) 
	
vaina
	pod, sheath, scabbard 
		bainah (C) 

valor
	value, worth; bravery, valor 
		balor (SD) 
	
valle
	valley
	bayeh (SD) 
	
vano, tilunco
	vain (?)
	tuluku(h) (SD) 
	
vara, carrizo
	reed, cane
	a:ka-t (C, SD) 
	
vara de tarro
	reed sp., cane sp.
	uhta-t (C) 
	
varón 
	male, man
	ukich (C, SD) 
	
vaso
	glass
	basu(h) (SD) 
	
vecino 
	neighbor
	-bechi (C) -besi:nuh (C, SD) 

veinte manos de maíz
	twenty "handfuls" of corn (i.e. 100 ears of corn, five per handful)
	tsun-ti (SD) 

veinticinco centavos
	twenty-five cents
	peseta(h) (SD) 

vejiga
	bladder
	-a:xi:x-tekun (C) 

velar
	to watch, to guard (to stay awake)
	-chiwa belar (SD) 

vellos
	pubic hair
	-max (SD) 

venado
	deer
	masa:-t (C, SD) 
	masa:chin (SD) "venadito"
	masa:tsin (C) "venadito"

vendedor
	seller, vender
	bendedor (SD) 
	bendedora (SD) "vendedora"
	tanamakani (C) "vendedor, comerciante"

vender
	to sell
	namaka (C, SD) 
	tanamaka (C, SD) "vender (algo), estar vendiendo"

vender la mujer su cuerpo (ser prostituta)
	for a woman to sell her body (to be a prostitute)
	mu-tsinnamaka (SD)

venerar, adorar, besar
	to venerate, to adore, to kiss
	tate:nna:miki (C, SD) 

veneno
	poison
	benenu(h) (SD) 

venir
	to come
	wi:ts (C, SD) ('pres.') 
	wa:lah (C, SD) ('pret.') 
	wa:la(:)htuk (C, SD) ('perf.)

ventilar
	to blow (to rid corn, beans, rice of dust, chaff)
	ahka:na (C,  SD) "ventilar (soplar polvillo de maíz,  frijol, arroz)"
	kahkani (SD) "ventilar, soplar"  (?)

ver, mirar, visitar
	to see, to look, to visit
	ita, ida (C) ita (SD) 

verse, aparecerse 
	to be seen, to appear, to show up, to look like 
		ne:si (C) 

verano
	summer
	tu:nalku (C, SD) 

veraneño (caballito del diablo, libelula) 
	dragonfly
	pi:piyahtsin (C) 

verdad
	true, that's right
	te:hkiya (SD) "verdad, asi es"
	yehka:ya (C) "verdad, es verdad"

verbena, escobilla
	plant sp. (vervain, like a small palm, used for sweeping)
	eskobiya(h) (SD) 

verde
	green
	xuxuknah (SD) 
	xuxuwik (C, SD) "verde, crudo"

verdolaga
	purslane (edible plant)
	berdo:lake (C) 
	berdulaga(h) (SD) 

vergüenza (tener), avergonzarse, darse vergüenza
	to be embarrassed, to be ashamed
	i:xpi:na:wa (C) 	i:xpina:wa (SD) 

verruga, mezquino
	wart
	chipin (SD) 

verso, canción
	verse, song
	bersoh (SD) 

vestido
	dress
	-ladinah (SD) 

vestir, vestirse
	to dress
	(mu-)chiwa bestir (SD) 
	mu-tapatia (C) "vestirse, cambiarse"

vestir al muerto
	to dress/prepare a corpse
	take:ntia (SD) 

víbora cascabel
	rattlesnake
	kwechwah (C, SD) 

vicio
	vice, bad habit
		bisiu(h) (SD) 
vida
	life
	bidah (SD) 

vidrio
	glass
	bigriyu(h) (SD) 

viejita, anciana
	old woman
	lamahtsin (C)
	lama:chin (SD) 

viejito, anciano, viejo 
	old man
	chu:le-t, chu:le-t (SD) 
	-kuhkul (C, Comazagua)
	xu:re:-t (C) 

viejo; cf. viejito, anciano

viejo (un viejo)
	old (old man)
	weyaya kwerpoh (C) 

viejo (de cosas)
	old (of things)
	pala (C, SD) 

viejo (término para hablar a un viejito), señor (con respeto) 
	"sir" (term of address for an old man, respectful) 
	tutahwan (C) 

viento, aire, norte
	wind
	eheka-t (C, SD) 

vigilar
	to watch
	pachiwia (C, SD) 
	tahpiya (C) "vigilar, cuidar"

Virgen (la Virgen María)
	Virgin (the Virgin Mary) 
		labirhen (SD) 
		tuna:ntsin (C) 

viruela
	pox, smallpox
	birwelah (SD) 

visitante
	visitor
	bisitante (SD) 

visitar
	to visit
	ida, ita (C) "ver, visitar" pa:xa:lua (C, SD) "pasear, visitar"
vista
	sight
	tachalis (C) 

vivo (esta vivo)
	alive
	yu(:)ltuk (C, SD) 

volar
	to fly
	papataka (C, SD) "volar, revolar, revolotear, aletear" 
	pata:ni (C, SD) 

volarse (polvo, harina, etc.), soplarse
	to fly or blow away (e.g. dust, flower)
	mulu:ni (SD) 

volcán
	volcano
	bulkan, bolkan (SD) 

Volcán de Izalco (lugar, un volcán)
	Izalco Volcano (place, volcano name)
	lamahtepe:t (C) 

voltear, botar
	to turn over, to throw down/out
	i:xkwepa (C) 

volver, regresar
	to return
	mu-kwepa (C, SD) 

vomitar
	to vomit
	m-isu:ta (C) 
	m-i:suta (SD) 

voz, eco, garganta 
	voice, echo, throat 
	-kupak (C) 
	kupak (SD) 

voz baja (en)
	whisper, softly spoken
	swabehchin (SD) "en voz baja"

vuelta de gato (dar) (dar voltereta) 
	somersault
	mu-tsunyuli:xkwepa (C) 

vuelo
	flight
	bolidah (SD) 

vuelto, cambio
	change
	bwelto(h), welto(h) (SD) 

vulva, cuerpo
	vulva, body
	-we:yka (SD) 
						X
xara (pájaro)
	bird sp.
	xara(h) (C) 

xaro, no cuexte, granudo (mal molido) (de masa) 
	grainy, gritty, poorly ground
	payaxnah (C, SD) 

xigüit del río (monte, planta) 
	plant sp. (river plant) 
	a:xi:wi-t (SD) 

xinga, pozol, chingaste (asiento, sedimento) 
	dregs, grounds, sediment
	-tsinkach-yu (SD) 

xuchicoa, xuchicuo (culebra)
	snake sp.
	xu:chiku:wa-t (C, SD) 

Y

yagual (trapo en círculo para cargar o colocar cantaro, tinaja) 
	coiled cloth upon which water jugs and pots are placed 
	-tsunyawal  (SD)  "yagual para cargar/colocar  cantaro/tinaja en la cabeza"
	yawal (C, SD) 

yegua 
	mare
	ye:wah (C) 

yema
	yolk
	-tulti:ka (C) 
	-tultika (SD) 

yema del dedo 
	fingertip 
	-yemah-yu (SD)
 
yerbabuena, hierbabuena
	mint
	yerbabwena(h) (SD) 

yerno, novio
	son-in-law, boyfriend, groom 
	mu:n-ti (C, SD) 

yo
	I
	naha (C, SD) 
	na(h) (C, SD) (forma abreviada)

yuca
	sweet manioc
	kamuh (C, SD) 

yugo
	yoke
	yuguh (SD) 
	
yunta
	pair of work animals, team of animals 
		yuntah (SD) 

Z

zacate, paja (para casa)
	grass, straw (thatch)
	saka-t (C, SD) 

zacate de sabana, flor de zacate
	grass sp. (from which figurines and toys are made) 
	sakana:wal (C) 

zacatón (clase de zacate)
	grass sp.
	e:lusaka-t (C, SD) 

zafarse, arrancarse
	to come lose/off/out, to break of
	kupi:ni (C) 

zambo, guapote (pescado)
	fish sp., catfish
	puhul (C) 

zanahoria
	carrot
	sanaoria(h) (SD) 

zanate
	bird sp., grackel 
		tsana-t (C, SD) 

zancos
	stilts
	ku:tikxi (C) 

zancudo
	mosquito
	sankudu(h) (SD) 

zapatero
	shoemaker 
		sapatero(h) (SD) 

zapato
	shoe(s)
	sapatus (SD) 

zape!
	"shoo" (said to frighten cats away)
	sapeh (C, SD) 

zapote
	zapote (fruit, tree) 
		tsapu-t (C, SD) 
	(cf. tambien  sunsa, chicozapote, anona)

zapote de montana
	wild zapote 
		tsaputeteputen (C) 

zapote mico, matasano 
	zapote sp.
	na:watsapu-t (SD) 

zarandear, sacudir, menear 
	to winnow, to sift, to shake 
		tsehtselua (SD) 

zarco (persona con ojos claros) 
	person with light-colored eyes 
	ihi:x-mistun (C) 

zompopo (clase de hormiga)
	large ant sp. 
		tsumpu:pu (C, SD) 

zopilote, zope
	vulture, buzzard
	kusma (C) 
	sope (SD) 

zopilote cabeza roja, tzonchiche, sunchiche 
	vulture sp. (red-headed vulture) 
	tsunchi:chi:l (C, SD) 

zorro espín (puerco espín)
	porcupine
		witstakwatsin (C) 

zorrillo
	skunk
	sorriyuh (SD) 

zumbadora (culebra)
	snake sp. ("hisser")
	sumbadora(h) (SD) 

zunza, sunsa, sonzapote, sunza 
	zapote sp.
	tsuntsapu-t (C, SD) 

zurdo
	left-handed
	u:rduh (C)