Tequistlatec was the Chontal language of Tequisistlán town, Oaxaca. Highland Oaxaca Chontal is sometimes also called Tequistlatec, but is a distinct language.
Vocabulary
Word list derived from de Angulo and Freeland (1925):
{ | class="wikitable sortable" ! 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.