Tequistlatec word list:
Tequistlatec word list (Chontal of Tequixistlan) from de Angulo and Freeland (1925):[1]
English gloss | Chontal of Tequixistlan | notes |
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sky | maa | |
sun | fonar | |
sunlight; hot; light, firelight | nyu | |
day | kina | |
morning (dawn) | pukia | (? < pu "to go out" + kine "day") |
night | pugi | |
last night | timba | |
tomorrow | moggi | (cf. pugi "night") |
late, late in the day, evening | mui | (cf. tomorrow) |
to be late in the day | ka | |
moon; month | mura | |
star | lusero (Sp.) | |
fire | ngwa | |
ashes | pigg | (cf. stone) |
charred wood, coal, charcoal | çna’ | |
cold | sita | |
to burn | nas, pi’ | |
to boil | mb’ula | |
to dry | hur | |
earth, soil, land, ground | mas, mats | |
mountain | mala | |
stone | pih | |
salt | weh | |
sand | puçi | |
ravine | nya | |
water | xa | |
river | pana’ m’am | |
to bathe | pos | |
sea | maxa | (cf. water, river) |
air | ba | |
to last, pass | xika | |
week | çamana (Sp.) | |
(Perfect) | -pa, -ba | |
(Continuative) | -ngu (sg.), -mi (pl.) | |
(Present Future) | -ma (sg.), -me (pl.) | |
(Imperative) | -ra (sg.), -re (pl.) | |
(temporal suffix of obscure meaning) | -li | |
(Andative) | -kiç | |
(Causative) | -mu | |
(Impending Future) | -ga (sg.), -ri | |
high, long | tçogi | |
low, short | koki | |
big | be | |
little | taç, tçofi, tyof | |
out, outside, outdoors | nia | |
after | hoy, toy | (also used as "in order to", "with") |
one | nula, nuli | |
two | kwesi | |
three | fane | |
four | malbu | |
five | mage | |
six | kandjiç | |
seven | kote | |
eight | malfa | |
nine | pela | |
ten | mbama | |
eleven | 10 + 1 | |
twelve | 10 + 2 | |
fifteen | 10 + 5 | |
twenty | nuçans | (? < nuli çans "one person") |
thirty | 20 + 10 | |
thirty-five | 20 + 10 + 5 | |
forty | 2 X 20 | |
fifty | 2 X 20 + 10 | |
fifty-five | 2 X 20 + 10 + 5 | |
sixty | 3 X 20 | |
eighty | 4 X 20 | |
hundred | masno | |
two hundred | 2 X 100 | |
four hundred | 4 X 100 | |
yes | akya, oy | |
not | tçi, tçite | |
so, positive | oy, ony | |
much | yeste, yate | |
like, as | tor | |
with | ki or k + ... (fusion) | |
if | or | |
deer | mar | now used for cattle (at present benadu < Sp.) |
horse | kabayu (Sp.) | |
jaguar | vesma, tigre (Sp.) | |
dog | tsigi | |
sheep | siggo | |
goat | tçibo (Sp.) | |
hog | kutçi (Sp.) | |
squirrel | tsetse | |
rabbit | koneçu (Sp.) | |
chicken | giti, puyu (Sp.) | probably originally the word for turkey |
egg | piyi | |
parrot | genge, utçu | |
crow | bo’, pumli | |
snake | nvofar | |
lizard | moh | |
turtle | çiba | |
fish | tu’u | |
shrimp | tiçmu | |
bee | diçir | |
wax | pasi | |
honey | kofa | |
fly | hangwa | |
scorpion | nyayçpo | |
tree, wood, plant | eh | |
grass | pasto (Sp.), ça (doubtful) | |
leaf | pela | |
pine-nut | weka | |
gourd, squash | aba | |
cactus, nopal | pala | |
chile, pepper | kasi | |
sugar cane | pah | |
plátano, banana | owe, labe | |
tomato | ngone | |
corn, maize | kosa’ | |
bean | r’ane | |
flower | pipi | |
person | sans (sg.), sanu (pl.) | |
man, adult | kwe (sg.), gurbe (pl.) | |
old man; old | kano | |
young man, boy, youth; young | muli | |
woman | tee (sg.), deya (pl.) | |
old woman | kyopaya | (see "adult") |
girl | bata | |
child (either sex), daughter, son | ’wa (sg.), naske (pl.) | |
baby, infant (either sex) | çer | |
husband | pewe | (pi semi-possesive + kwe man) |
wife | pete | (pi semi-possesive + tee woman) |
paramour | kye | |
to marry | man, pan, panu | |
grandfather | kube | (cf. "man") |
father | ’ai’, ’yayi’ | |
mother | mama | |
elder brother; uncle | sapi (sg.), sarpi (pl.) | |
younger brother; younger sister | bepo | |
older sister; aunt | nota | |
I | ya | |
thou | ma | |
he | gge | |
we | yã | |
ye | mã | |
they | re | |
it | i (sg.), n (pl.) | an indefinite demonstrative pronoun equivalent to "he", "the", "that", etc. |
the | al, dal, gal, la | |
thine | ak | |
indefinite possessive article | pi | |
what? | kya | |
pretty | tçili | |
grown up, adult | tyopa | (see "old woman") |
stranger | gwaya | |
Chontal | fale | |
Zapotec | nye | |
Yalalag | xoço | |
Tehuantepec | uçia | |
Oaxaca | pampala | |
Tequixistlan | al riya | i.e., "the village" |
head | fa | |
neck | nukma | |
face | ’a | (cf. "head") |
eye | ’uh | |
to see, look | mai, sin, çin | |
mouth | ko | |
tooth | ai’ | |
to eat | te, tes | |
to drink | sna, çna | |
to swallow | n’u’, n’uk | |
to feed a drink | k’ai | |
to taste good | xana | |
sweet | çuçki, tçutski | |
bitter | kwah | |
poison | çi | |
tongue | pala | |
word, language | taygi | |
to speak, tell, say | go | |
to ask | n’uma | |
to sing | ça | |
to cry | poh, hoh | |
to call | hoy | |
nose | ’nali | |
shoulder | çaye | |
to have, hold, get | oy, tuç, tçu | (cf. "yes, good, positive") |
to lift | bana | |
to give | kay | |
to sell | ku’ | |
to buy | n’a | |
to steal | nans | |
to work, make, do | pa, pas, pat | |
to work | patçu | ("make-have") |
to throw | ohm | |
to hit | na | |
to put, place | ponf | |
knee | nyingole | |
thigh | pate (Sp.) | |
to go | ’wa (sg.), lye (pl.) | |
let’s go | endza | |
to come | pa | |
to run | nu, nyu | |
to jump | tsolu | |
to meet together | kyo, to, tyo | |
to visit | nulka | |
to walk | tas | |
to go with, to accompany | lek, legg | |
way, road | ne | |
to go out, to pass | pu | |
to pass by | kas, ka | |
to leave, abandon | gansa | |
to ascend, go up | fha | |
to bring | ’u | |
to take out | kan | |
to send | gah’m | (cf. "to go") |
to carry | ’wa | (same as "go") |
to stand | kas | |
to stop | ’ay | |
to sit | pah, pan | |
to fall | kye | imperative: ter |
hair | fah | (see "head") |
flesh, meat | ci’ | |
hide (of animals) | çimi | (cf. "meat") |
leather | baketa (Sp.) | |
nail | nalu | |
breast | pare | |
milk | letçe (Sp.) | |
belly | kun | |
back | napo | |
heart | nusma, nuçma | |
liver | bi | |
kidney | rinyon (Sp.) | |
blood | fas | |
to be, exist (essentially) | pa | |
to live, to exist | laç | |
alive | çax | |
to die | ma | |
to bury | muya | |
to sleep | çma, sma | |
to awake | çmafa | |
to wish, will, want | he | |
to love | fu | |
to know | çina | |
to hurt | kwan | |
to play, to amuse oneself to go visiting (cf. Sp. pasear) | sans | (cf. "people" sans) |
thought | fa | |
to think | fasmu | (thought + Causative) |
to cut | ke | |
knife | nabaxa, kutçilu (Sp.) | |
to kill | man | (cf. ma "die") |
to frighten | çpatsa | |
hay | sakate (Sp.) | |
field | nyagga | (< nya "outdoors") |
to sow | fa | |
brown sugar, panela | pana (Sp.) | |
clothes | tçale, manta (Sp.) | |
hat | speba | |
guepil (woman’s blouse) | perkasko | |
petticoat | bofai | |
trousers | sarber | |
shoe | kai’ | |
to dress | me | |
house | xur, hur | |
village | riya | |
plaza | naxki | (< n’a "to buy") |
door | pwerta (Sp.) | |
table | mes (Sp.) | |
chair | çila (Sp.) | |
bench | bangu (Sp.) | |
bed | kanga | |
hammock | some | |
cushion | tifle | |
cage | xaula (Sp.) | |
metate | djima | |
tenate (woven basket) | tapa | |
petate (straw mat) | pihma | |
jicara (smalled bowl) | laba | |
cantaro (jug) | xuti | |
olla | piçu | |
apaxtle (cooking stone) | pogo | |
comal | kwahi | |
fork | trintçe | |
spoon | kutçara (Sp.) | |
plate | pimi | |
food, meal | tefa, xaybe | |
bread | in | |
sugar | asukra (Sp.) | |
tortilla | skur | |
chocolate | txura | |
money | tomi | |
to dance | soy | |
church | soykye | (cf. "to dance") |
to pray | sa, ça | (cf. "to sing") |
santo, idol, sacred, holy | ndyuç, nuç | |
music | poh |