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| ne tiltik sala | The trousers are black
"ne" is like "the" in English.
"tiltik" is black" (note: many colour words end in "tik") "sala" is trousers.
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| ne tultik tunal | The sun is yellow
"tultik" is "yellow". "tunal" means "sun" (remember: Yeheyk tunal)
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| ne lala papalut | The butterfly is orange
"lala" is orange, and "papalut" is "butterfly".
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| ne xuxultik wilkal | The sky is blue
"xuxultik" is "blue" and "wilkal" is "sky".
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| ne xuxukna zakat | The grass is green
"xuxukna" is green and "zakat" is grass.
In El Salvador, the word "zakate" is the word used for "grass"
(taken from the Nawat word).
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| ne ciltik tutut | The bird is yellow
"tutut" means bird
"ciltote" is the name of a beautiful red/orange bird in El Salvador.
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| ne istak ickat | The cotton is white
"istak" is white and "ickat" is cotton.
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