Tz'utujil

See also: Tzutujil

English

Alternative forms

• Tzutujil, Tzutuhil, Sutujil
• Zutugil, Zutuhil (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code tzj (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Tz’utujil, tzj ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Western Tz’utujil, tzt ⁠
• Comunidad Lingüística Tz'utujil on the Academia de Lenguas mayas de Guatemala site