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tz'utujil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tz'u-tu-jil
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

The language of the Tz'utujil people.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Tz'utujils (plural) Tzutujil (alternative) Tzutuhil (alternative) Sutujil (alternative) Zutugil (alternative, obsolete) Zutuhil (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does tz'utujil mean?
A member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.
Where does tz'utujil come from?
From Spanish, from Tz'utujil, from tz'utuj (“cornfield flower”) + -il (a suffix that indicates abstraction). Literally it means “beautiful cornfield flower”.

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