| Tequistlatec | |
| Region: | Oaxaca |
| Extinct: | ? |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Hokan ? |
| Fam2: | Tequistlatecan |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | tequ1245 |
| Glottorefname: | Tequistlateco Chontal |
| Linglist: | qrp |
Tequistlatec was the Chontal language of Tequisistlán town, Oaxaca. Highland Oaxaca Chontal is sometimes also called Tequistlatec, but is a distinct language.
Word list derived from de Angulo and Freeland (1925):[1]
| gloss | Chontal of Tequixistlan | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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-possessive + kwe man) | |
| wife | pete | (pi semi-possessive + 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 | ||
| fale | |||
| nye | |||
| xoço | |||
| uçia | |||
| pampala | |||
| 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 | puerta (Sp.) | ||
| table | mes (Sp.) | ||
| chair | çila (Sp.) | ||
| bench | bangu (Sp.) | ||
| bed | kanga | ||
| hammock | some | ||
| cushion | tifle | ||
| cage | xaula (Sp.) | ||
| djima | |||
| tenate (woven basket) | tapa | ||
| petate (straw mat) | pihma | ||
| jicara (smalled bowl) | laba | ||
| cantaro (jug) | xuti | ||
| olla | piçu | ||
| apaxtle (cooking stone) | pogo | ||
| 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 |