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Tz'utujil

Tz'utujil noun: a member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.

Noun

Tz'utujil (plural Tz'utujils or Tz'utujil)

  1. A member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.

Proper noun

Tz'utujil

  1. The language of the Tz'utujil people.

Forms of Tz'utujil

pluralTz'utujils
pluralTz'utujil
alternative formTzutujil
alternative formTzutuhil
alternative formSutujil
alternative form (obsolete)Zutugil
alternative form (obsolete)Zutuhil

Origin of Tz'utujil

From Spanish, from Tz'utujil, from tz'utuj (“cornfield flower”) + -il (a suffix that indicates abstraction). Literally it means “beautiful cornfield flower”.

Questions about Tz'utujil

What does Tz'utujil mean?
Tz'utujil means a member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.
What part of speech is Tz'utujil?
Tz'utujil can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Tz'utujil?
The plural of Tz'utujil is Tz'utujils.

Words near Tz'utujil in the dictionary

  1. TZ
  2. Tz'u-chou ware
  3. Tz'u-chou wares
  4. Tz'u-hsi
  5. Tz'u-shan
  6. Tz'utujil
  7. Tz'utujils
  8. tzaddi
  9. tzaddik
  10. tzaddikim
  11. tzaddiks

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