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单词 Tzotzil
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Tzotzil

/ˈtsəʊtsɪl / /tsəʊtˈsɪl/ /səʊtˈsɪl/
noun (plural same or Tzotzils)
1A member of an American Indian people inhabiting parts of southern Mexico.Mr Sterk says that, when evangelicals first come in, the Tzotzils want to defend their spiritual world....
  • From then on, nearly three hundred Indians, mainly Tzotzils, have converted to Islam in Chiapas.
  • That shared commitment to peace has brought us and the Tzotzils of Chenalhó together to learn from each other.
2 [mass noun] The Mayan language of the Tzotzil.They sit on the rim of the back of the truck, laughing and joking in their native tongue of Tzotzil while holding on for dear life....
  • Tzotzil appears to contrast both physical and mental proximity, if I'm reading my source right.
adjective
Relating to the Tzotzil or their language.In Chiapas, Maya of the Tzeltal and Tzotzil tribes took part in the Zapatista uprising of January 1994....
  • A native of the Tzotzil ethnic group, she lives in a small rural town 130 miles away from San Cristóbal de las Casas, the capital city of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
  • Tzotzil people make up the largest indigenous group in Mexic´s southernmost state of Chiapas.

Origin

The name in Tzotzil.

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