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.

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Meanings

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

plural Tz'utujils · alternative Tzutujil · alternative Tzutuhil · alternative Sutujil · alternative obsolete Zutugil · alternative obsolete Zutuhil

  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

alternative Tzutujil · alternative Tzutuhil · alternative Sutujil · alternative obsolete Zutugil · alternative obsolete Zutuhil

  1. The language of the Tz'utujil people.

Origin

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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Cite this entry
APA

Tz'utujil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tz'utujil

MLA

“Tz'utujil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tz'utujil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tz'utujil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tz'utujil.

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