English
A highly variable communicable disease of humans that affects especially the lungs but may spread to other areas (such as the kidney or spinal column), and that is characterized by fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, formation of tubercles, caseation, pleural effusions, and fibrosis.
The Guarchaj family was very concerned that their grandmother had tuberculosis, so they took her to the hospital in Xela for an exam.
Español
Una enfermedad contagiosa de los humanos que afecta especialmente a los pulmones, pero puede extenderse a otras áreas (como los riñones o la columna vertebral), y que se caracteriza por fiebre, tos, dificultad para respirar, formación de tubérculos, caseificación, derrames pleurales y fibrosis.
La familia Guarchaj estaba muy preocupada de que su abuela tuviera tuberculosis, por lo que la llevaron al hospital en Xela para un examen.
Kʼicheʼ
Are wa' ri jun yab'il kech ri winaq ri kt'iqonik ri ku b'an nimalaj taq k'ax che ri potzpo'y, xa k'ut kkun ku lik' rib' pa nik'iaj uch'aqapil ri b'aqil (apacha' ri kinaq' on ri ucheal ri ij), qas jewa' ku k'ut rib' ruk' taq q'aq', oj, k'ax uxlab'inem, uk'iyem ri chaqi'j ojob', kowirisanem ukemol ri b'aqil, umulib'alrib' taq wa'al chikixo'l ri ratz'iaqil ri ku ch'uq ri potzpo'y, tzatz uwa'al tza'm pa ri potzpo'y.
Ri achalaxik Guarchaj sib'alaj uchapom ki jolom kki chomaj chi ri kati't k'o ri chaqi'j ojob' chre, rumal ri' xki k'am bik pa ri ja kunanib'al jela' Xelaju'che unik'oxik.