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THE DIALECT OF PETEN
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| PETEN | YUCATAN | |
|---|---|---|
| paklam | prickly pear (?) (Text has stapal y tuna) | pakam |
| kuchune | the whorl (jicarita) which they use for spinning | |
| cucut | a mountain fruit... (illegible)... like a small plantain | |
| kat or ket | flat earthen bowl set before an idol | cat |
| (An illegible word) | ||
| chim | a knapsack (mochila) | |
| zuzich | to cut off the grains from a cooked ear of corn; and also the grains thus cut off | zuz, to plane |
| chaac | let it go! (sueltalo) | |
| chaac la tzimine | set the horse free! (suelta el caballo) | |
| bet | hail | bat |
| punab | mahogany (caobana) | |
| hach nohoch punab | how big the mahogany tree is! | |
| chulul | the bow for shooting | |
| tzaan | the cord of the bow | |
| teztan | the bow used in the reverse (with the cord on the convex side) (?) | |
| cec che | an arrow with a tooth or jog | |
| pocté | an arrow with a point of clay | |
| yaxapat | the royal palm (from the Lacandones?) | |
| thahaan | the muscular part of the thumb | |
| Ͻunum | a bird | |
| Ͻununté | laurel, a mountain bush | |
| hubuché | a mountain bush; the leaves.... (illegible) | |
| tanai | a species of cane or bamboo.... very large | |
| tuϽ | (meaning illegible) | |
| jōǒle | yesterday | holhe |
| zamal | tomorrow | |
| cui | (meaning illegible) | |
| chepetz | bread of new maize | |
| uokekuch | a stick used in weaving | |
| (Several illegible and obscurely translated words) | ||
| Bax a kati? | What do you want? mix baal in kati I want nothing |
| Bax yan tech? | What have you? What is the matter? Yan ten ya ti paczikal I have a stomach-ache |
| Bax cu taxic ah Pedro? | What is Peter bringing? Talez ha He is bringing water |
| Bax caualic? | What are you saying? |
| In some case two forms for the same thing appear, as: | |
| yax apat and yaxapat | royal palm |
| cih and quǐ | henequen |
| holé and jōǒle | yesterday |
| beh and be | road |
