Editing Chʼol language (section)

==== Prefixes ====

There are two derivational prefixes – the noun class markers ''aj-'' and ''x-.'' The former can go with proper names, nominalize verbs, and be prefixed to some terms that refer to animals. The latter can also go with proper names and with the name of some animals, but additionally it can be prefixed to the name of some trees and plants.<ref name="Juan Jesús pp.64"/>

{|-
| aj-Maria || 'proper name' || || || || || x-Maria || 'a proper name'
|-
| aj-Wañ || 'proper name' || || || || || x-Wañ || 'a proper name'
|-
| {{lang|ctu|aj-xujch'}} || 'the robber' || || || || || x-wax || 'the fox'
|-
| {{lang|ctu|aj-tsänsaj}} || 'the killer' || || || || || x-k'uk' || 'the quetzal'
|-
| {{lang|ctu|aj-'uch}} || 'the opossum' || || || || || x-ch'ujtye' || 'cedar'
|-
| {{lang|ctu|aj-kuj}} || 'the owl' || || || || || x-kulañtya || 'cilantro'
|}

In addition, [[Mayan languages#Subjects and objects|Set A]] inflections are prefixed to nouns (10a) and verbs (10b).<ref name="Juan Jesús pp.65">Vázquez Álvarez, Juan Jesús. ''A Grammar of Chol, a Mayan Language''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin, 2011; pp.65</ref>

{|-
| '''k'''-wex || || || || || mi || '''k'''-wäy-el
|-
| {{Smallcaps|a1}}-pants || || || || || {{Smallcaps|imfv}} || {{Smallcaps|a1}}-sleep-{{Smallcaps|nf}}
|-
| 'my pants' || || || || || colspan=2 | 'I sleep'
|}