CORUNA Y COLLUDO THE ZOQUE LANGUAGE. 



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The Pater Noster in Zoque. 

 Theshata tzapquesmue itupu yavecotzamue mis net, yamtne mis yumi- 

 hacui ya tuque mis sunoycui, yecnasquesi tzapquesmuese. Tesane hot- 

 muep'e hotnepe tzihete yshoy yatocoyates mis hescova hes jaziquet mis 

 atocoipase thesquesipue jatzi huitemistetzaen hocysete cuijomue ticomaye 

 ya cotzocamisthe mumuyatzipue quesi, tese yatuque. 



A Vocabulary of the Zoques of Santa Maria de Chimalapa. 



Ah-kum. Squash, gourd, melon. 



Ah-ma-pa. To see, to look, to gaze. 



Ah-pu-am. Old, ancient, long- 

 existing. 



Ah-to-e. Language, speech (see 

 O-to-e). 



An-wa-tzi. Beard, bristles, hairy. 



Ato. Elder, the father, originator. 



Atzi. My elder brother, the first 

 born. 



A-SUH. Musquito, zincuda, a poi- 

 son fly. 



B. 



Bah-hok. River, wide stream, 



channel. 

 Be-ah-ku. Wild-hen, turkey. 

 BE-OK-siNquES. Small, diminutive. 

 Ben-ne. Man, people, the whole 



race. 

 Be-tum. The eye, faculty of vision. 

 Bu-eh. The ankle, lower limb. 

 BuTZ-BUTZ. Orange color'd, yellow. 

 Bu-an-pa. To sing, to make melody. 



C. 



Ca-ape-uh. That, the other thing. 



Ca-ha. There, in that place, yonder. 



Ca-um. Dead, not living. 



Ca-na. Salt, salt water. 



Chick-shah. Lad, boy, youth {jin 

 joven). 



Co-HE-KA. Fish (a generic term). 



Cu-cu. A pigeon, a dove. 



CuM-co-E. Town, city, village. 



Cu-EH. A tree, the trees in a forest. 



Cu-E-NA-KA. Bark, rind of fruit, 

 nutshell. 



Cu-ME. Vast, great, powerful. 



Cu-TZCH. A hill, a height, a moun- 

 tain top. 



E. 



E-NE-EH. Who, that, that one, 



which. 

 Eps-ko-na-kan. Thirty, thirtieth. 



Eps-shan. Twenty, twentieth. 



Etz-pa. To jump, to dance with joy. 

 G. 



Ga-e. To-day, at the present, now. 



GuE-HE. Here, at this place. 



G.UEN-HEN. Good, excellent. 



Go-MAS-u-NA. Girl, lass, maiden. 

 H. 



Hat-te. The human race, the an- 

 cient people. 



Ha-ta. My father, the father, the 

 one before. 



Ha-ya-ah. My husband, the master. 



Ha-moh. The red race, the abori- 

 gines. 



Ha-muh. The sun, father of the 

 Indians. 



Ha-ma-hi. Daylight, not dark. 



Ha-mah-ank-shan. The dry sea- 

 son, the season of sunlight. 



HuEN. Prairie, treeless plain, great 

 meadow. 



Hue. Yes, affirmation, truly. 



Hech-pa. Living, having life. 



Hue-hen. An insect, rodador, a fly. 



Ho-EHN. Having wings, winged, a 

 bird. 



Ho-HE. To-morrow, in the future. 



HOH-HE. The day-dawn. 



Hu-KU-TA. Fire, flame, heat. 



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I-E. Foliage, leaves, laminae, folds. 



luK-POi-PA. To make haste, to flee 

 as from the presence of a foe. 



I-E-KA. Deep shadows, the dense 

 shade of a tropical forest. 

 J. 



Ja-zi-que-um. Evil-minded, bad 

 nature. 



jA-zi-quE. Off"enses, debts, obliga- 

 tions. 



Josh-pa. To labor, to struggle, to 

 toil. 



Ja-ku-ah-pa. To slay, to destroy, 

 to murder. 



