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light, coming, a candle (come and light a candle). Thus the 
preacher says to the people, that they be attentive during the 
sermon: 7% ya pe yquax, i ya pe yuiquin, tivaqaxah pe, vae 
loXolah tzth «tin biih chivichin, Give your hearts hither (coming 
hither), give your ears hither (where I am), listen (in this 
direction), they are precious words which I shall speak to you. 
The particle aSaneh, means upward, Latin, surswm, as, qua 
mul aSaneh, I look upward. 
The particle can means “remaining ;” as, vu bwh can ka- 
haual Jesw Christo, the aforesaid our Lord Jesus Christ; a rw 
piaabah can nu tata tok xbe panXan, my father discharged me, I 
remaining behind, he going to Guatemala; quere nu tzth, nu 
pixa, vae atin ya can atin qoh ba can, These are my words, my 
commands, which I give to remain, as I shall go away. The 
expression wambey can, means, remain behind; chuth can, in my 
absence, after I had left. 
The particle na “has no signification when used alone; but 
when joined to other words it has various meanings. It is from 
nabey, first, or, the first. Thus it may mean “until,” Latin, 
donec, as, cat nu chubicah na chicam tiqo na nuquc chavih qate 
ti tuker nuqux, I shall punish thee and shall not be satisfied 
until I have visited on thee my anger. Tul na Padre qateqa 
catbe, Do not go until the father hears thee; qahaok na f -adre 
tibiin ru chohmil chuo qateqa tinu kiquih, I shall not consider it 
true until the father tells me. Nu qua na tahoon tinw ya 
chaue, Until my heart desires it, I shall not give it thee. Tin 
bith na ruchohmil Justicia, In the first place I shall tell the 
truth to the magistrate ; qacamic na, until death ; qe ta na, pres- 
ently, after a while. A boy about to be whipped will say, hu- 
mul chita na, pardon me this time, wait until the next time. 
The particle bala means “somewhere.” Ba qo vt Padre? 
Where is the father? Bala qo vi, Somewhere, I don’t know 
where. It also corresponds to all four of the adverbs of place, 
ubi, unde, quo, qua. Ba ape vi Padre? Whence came the 
father? Bala ape vi, I don’t know whence he came. Bi che 
el, or, nak che el? How? In what manner? 
Bilanak, “something,” “anything.” Tok bilanak t biin 
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