Tequistlatec language

Word list from de Angulo and Freeland (1925):[2]

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-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