Tequistlatec was the Chontal language of Tequisistlán town, Oaxaca.
| Tequistlatec | |
|---|---|
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Language family | Hokan ?
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Linguist List | qrp |
| Glottolog | tequ1245 |
Highland Oaxaca Chontal is sometimes also called Tequistlatec, but is a distinct language.
Word list 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 | |
| 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 |
Hokan languages | |||||||
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| Shastan | |||||||
| Palaihnihan | |||||||
| Pomoan | |||||||
| Yuman |
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| Pakawan | |||||||
| Tequistlatecan |
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| Other | |||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages | |||||||