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GLOSS layer POT PROG CPL PRF
accept lexeme cuʔan³ ʔan³ cʔan¹ nʔan³
accept prefix cu yi ca n
accept tone 3 3 1 3
act lexeme jʔa²ndạ² yi¹gʔa²ndạ² chgʔa²ndạ² ngʔa¹ndạ⁴
act prefix zero yi chi n
act tone 2 2 2 1
advance lexeme ca³ndi³ yi²ca³ndi³ chi¹ca¹ndi¹² ndi³ca³ndi³
advance prefix zero yi chi ndi
advance tone 3 3 1 3
align lexeme nʔan² ni²ni² yi²nʔan² nʔan² nnʔan³²
align prefix zero yi zero n
align tone 2 2 2 3
ask lexeme ca²ca² yi²ca² chi¹ca² ndi³ca²
ask prefix ca yi chi ndi
ask tone 2 2 1 3
baptize lexeme cuʔe³dnu¹ni¹ ʔe³dnu¹ni¹ chʔe³dnu¹ni¹ ndʔe³dnu¹ni¹
baptize prefix cu yi chi ndi
baptize tone 3 3 3 3
bathe1 lexeme ca²cʔu³ne³ yi²cʔu³ne³ chi¹cʔu¹ne² ndi³cʔu³ne³
bathe1 prefix cu yi chi ni
bathe1 tone 3 3 1 3
bathe2 lexeme cu³ne³ yi³ne³ chi¹ne¹ ni³ne³
bathe2 prefix ca yi chi ndi
bathe2 tone 3 3 1 3
be lexeme cu¹nen² yi¹nen² ca¹nen² nnen⁴
be prefix cu yi ca n
be tone 1 1 1 4
be convinced lexeme cu²chʔa²ti²nu¹ yi²chʔa²ti²nu¹ chi¹chʔa²ti²nu¹ ndi³chʔa²ti²nu¹
be convinced prefix cu yi chi ndi
be convinced tone 2 2 2 2
be filled lexeme cu¹tu¹ yi²tu² chi¹tu² ndi³tu³
be filled prefix cu yi chi ndi
be filled tone 1 2 1 3
be for sale lexeme jʔi³vʔa¹ yyʔi³vʔa¹ chguʔi³vʔa¹ nguʔi³vʔa¹
be for sale prefix zero yi chi n
be for sale tone 3 3 3 3
be open lexeme cuʔa²tnda⁴ʔa¹ ʔa²tnda⁴ʔa¹ chʔa¹tnda⁴ʔa¹ nʔa³tnda⁴ʔa¹
be open prefix cu yi chi n
be open tone 2 2 1 3
be pierced lexeme cuan¹ gan² can¹² nan³
be pierced prefix cu yi ca n
be pierced tone 1 2 1 3
be tied lexeme cuʔa¹ chi²chi² ʔa¹ chʔa¹ ndʔa¹
be tied prefix cu yi chi ndi
be tied tone 1 1 1 1
believe lexeme cu²tʔe³nu² yi²tʔe³nu² stʔe¹nu² ntʔe³nu²
believe prefix cu yi s n
believe tone 3 3 1 3
bore lexeme cuʔan² ʔan² cʔan¹² nʔan³
bore prefix cu yi ca n
bore tone 2 2 1 3
bother lexeme cạ¹ cʔạ²vʔạ² gạ¹ cạ¹ ncạ³¹
bother prefix ca yi ca nca
bother tone 1 1 1 3
bounce lexeme ndạ³vạ¹ yi²ndạ²vạ¹ ndạ²vạ¹ nna³va¹
bounce prefix zero yi zero n
bounce tone 3 2 2 3
break1 lexeme cʔu³ma¹ ʔun³¹ cʔun³¹ nʔun³¹
break1 prefix cu yi ca n
break1 tone 3 31 31 31
break2 lexeme cuʔen³¹ ʔen³¹ chʔen³¹ nʔen³¹
break2 prefix cu yi chi n
break2 tone 31 31 31 31
burn1 lexeme chi²ʔin² yi²ʔin² chi¹ʔin² nchi³²ʔin²
burn1 prefix chi yi chi nchi
burn1 tone 2 2 1 3
burn2 lexeme cu¹cu² yi¹chi² chi¹chi² ndi¹chi¹
burn2 prefix cu yi chi ndi
burn2 tone 2 2 2 1
close lexeme ncʔa²di² yi²ncʔa²di² ncʔa¹di¹ ncʔa³²di²
close prefix zero yi zero zero
close tone 2 2 1 3
come lexeme chi¹ yi¹chi¹ cu¹chi¹ nchi³¹
come prefix zero yi cu n
come tone 1 1 1 3
come unstuck lexeme nnʔạ³² yi²nnʔạ² nnʔạ² nnʔạ³²
come unstuck prefix zero yi zero zero
come unstuck tone 3 2 2 3
consist lexeme nnu³mndʔa²³ yi²nu³mndʔa²³ nu¹mndʔa²³ nnu⁴mndʔa²³
consist prefix n yi zero n
consist tone 3 3 1 4
consist of lexeme nu³mndʔa²³ yi²nu³mndʔa²³ nu¹mndʔa²³ nnu⁴mndʔa²³
consist of prefix zero yi zero n
consist of tone 3 3 1 4
cook lexeme cu³vi³ yi³ chi¹ nchi³
cook prefix cu yi chi nchi
cook tone 3 3 1 3
cover o.s. lexeme cuʔa¹tndʔi¹cha⁴ ʔa¹tndʔi¹cha⁴ chʔa¹tndʔi¹cha⁴ nʔa¹tndʔi¹cha⁴
cover o.s. prefix cu yi chi n
cover o.s. tone 1 1 1 1
crave lexeme ca²qui²ni² yi²qui²ni¹ chi²qui²ni¹ ndi³qui²ni¹
crave prefix ca yi chi ndi
crave tone 2 2 2 2
create lexeme quʔe³ne³ ʔi³ne³ chʔi¹ne¹ nʔi³ne³
create prefix ca yi chi n
create tone 3 3 1 3
crimp lexeme dʔi¹nʔu¹ yi¹dʔi¹nʔu¹ dʔi¹nʔu¹ ṉdʔi³nʔu³
crimp prefix zero yi zero n
crimp tone 1 1 1 3
cut lexeme ca¹ta¹ yi²ta² chi¹ta² ndi³ta³
cut prefix ca yi chi ndi
cut tone 1 2 1 3
defoliate lexeme cʔạ³ndạ⁴¹ ʔi³ndạ⁴¹ chʔi³ndạ⁴¹ nʔi³ndạ⁴¹
defoliate prefix ca yi chi n
defoliate tone 3 3 3 3
deliver lexeme chcu¹² yi¹chcu¹² chcu¹² ni³chcu¹²
deliver prefix zero yi zero ni
deliver tone 1 1 1 3
die lexeme cʔu¹vi¹ ʔi¹ chʔi¹ ndʔi³
die prefix cu yi chi ndi
die tone 1 1 1 3
dig lexeme ca²nu² yi²nu² chi¹nu² ni³nu²
dig prefix ca yi chi ni
dig tone 2 2 1 3
do lexeme din² yi²din² din¹ ṉdin⁴
do prefix zero yi zero n
do tone 2 2 1 4
eat lexeme che³ʔe³ gue³ʔe³ che¹ʔe¹ nche³ʔe³
eat prefix chi yi chi nchi
eat tone 3 3 1 3
embrace lexeme ntu¹mʔa¹ʔan² yi¹ntu¹mʔa¹ʔan² chi¹ntu¹mʔa¹ʔan² ntu³¹mʔa¹ʔan²
embrace prefix zero yi chi zero
embrace tone 1 1 1 3
encouraged lexeme cu¹di²nu² yi¹di²nu² chi¹di²nu² ṉdi³²nu²
encouraged prefix cu yi chi n
encouraged tone 2 2 2 3
enlamarse lexeme cu³di⁴¹ yi³di⁴¹ chi³di⁴¹ ndi³di⁴¹
enlamarse prefix cu yi chi ndi
enlamarse tone 41 41 41 41
escape1 lexeme cue³ʔen¹ gue³ʔen¹ que³ʔen¹ ne³ʔen¹
escape1 prefix cu yi ca n
escape1 tone 3 3 3 3
escape2 lexeme chgun² yi²chgun² chgun² ni¹chgun²
escape2 prefix zero yi zero ni
escape2 tone 2 2 2 1
exploit lexeme cu¹ni¹ yi²ni² chi¹ni² ni³ni³
exploit prefix cu yi chi ni
exploit tone 1 2 1 3
extend lexeme cu¹ yi¹ chi¹ nchi³¹
extend prefix cu yi chi nchi
extend tone 1 1 1 3
fall out lexeme cu¹ndʔạ²¹ yi¹ndʔạ²¹ chi¹ndʔạ²¹ nnʔạ⁴¹
fall out prefix cu yi chi n
fall out tone 1 1 1 4
fight lexeme cuʔa³tcʔu⁴mʔa³ ʔa²tcu⁴ʔun³ chʔa¹tcu⁴ʔun³ ndʔa³tcu⁴ʔun³
fight prefix cu yi chi ndi
fight tone 3 2 1 3
finished lexeme cu³mndʔa²³ yi³ndʔa²³ chi¹ndʔa²³ ni³ndʔa²³
finished prefix cu yi chi ndi
finished tone 3 3 1 3
fit lexeme cu¹tʔa²nen² yi¹tʔa²nen² stʔa²nen² ntʔa³²nen²
fit prefix cu yi s n
fit tone 2 2 2 3
fly lexeme ca²ndʔạ² yi²ndʔạ² chi¹ndʔạ² nnʔạ³²
fly prefix ca yi chi n
fly tone 2 2 1 3
fold lexeme cʔa³nnu¹² ʔa³nnu¹² cʔa³nnu¹² ncʔa³nnu¹²
fold prefix ca yi ca nca
fold tone 3 3 3 3
forget lexeme ja¹qui²nu² yi¹ga¹qui²nu² chga¹qui²nu² nga³¹qui²nu²
forget prefix zero yi chi n
forget tone 1 1 1 3
get stuck lexeme cuʔa²sta⁴ʔa¹ ʔa²sta⁴ʔa¹ chʔa¹sta⁴ʔa¹ ndʔa²sta⁴ʔa¹
get stuck prefix cu yi chi ndi
get stuck tone 2 2 1 2
give lexeme cʔạ² gʔạ² cʔạ² ncʔạ³²
give prefix ca yi ca nca
give tone 2 2 2 3
give half lexeme cuʔi³¹ ʔi³¹ chʔi³¹ ndʔi³¹
give half prefix cu yi chi ndi
give half tone 31 31 31 31
go lexeme ca¹ʔan¹ gue²ʔen² che¹ʔen² ne³ʔen³
go prefix ca yi chi n
go tone 1 2 1 3
go to bed lexeme cuʔa²tndi³ti⁴ ʔa²tndi³ti⁴ chʔa¹tndi¹ti⁴ nʔa²tndi³ti⁴
go to bed prefix cu yi chi n
go to bed tone 2 2 1 2
graze lexeme ca¹nche¹ʔe¹ yi¹nche¹ʔe¹ chi¹nche¹ʔe¹ nche³ʔe³
graze prefix ca yi chi zero
graze tone 1 1 1 3
grind lexeme ju³ yi²gu³ chgu¹² ngu³
grind prefix zero yi chi n
grind tone 3 3 1 3
hang lexeme cuʔa³tndʔi³cu⁴¹ ʔa³tndʔi³cu⁴¹ chʔa¹tndʔi¹cu⁴¹ nʔa³tndʔi³cu⁴¹
hang prefix cu yi chi n
hang tone 3 3 1 3
happen (again) lexeme ndu¹vi¹ yi²ndu²vi³ ndu¹vi¹ nnu³vi⁴
happen (again) prefix zero yi zero n
happen (again) tone 1 2 1 3
have lexeme ṉdin² yi²ṉdin² ṉdin¹ ṉdin⁴
have prefix zero yi zero zero
have tone 2 2 1 4
have lunch lexeme cʔa³di³nu⁴ ʔa³di³nu⁴ cʔa¹di¹nu⁴ ncʔa³di³nu⁴
have lunch prefix ca yi ca nca
have lunch tone 3 3 1 3
heal lexeme juen² yi¹güen² chgüen¹² nuen⁴
heal prefix zero yi chi n
heal tone 2 2 1 4
hear lexeme cu¹ne¹ʔen¹ yi¹ne¹ʔen¹ sne¹ʔen¹ nne³¹ʔen¹
hear prefix cu yi s n
hear tone 1 1 1 3
help lexeme cu²nnen² yi²nnen² chi²nnen² ni³nnen²
help prefix cu yi chi ni
help tone 2 2 2 3
hug lexeme ca²nʔun³ nen³ yi²ca²nʔun³ ca¹nʔun² nca³nʔun³
hug prefix zero yi zero n
hug tone 2 2 1 3
know lexeme chi²ʔin¹ yi²ʔin¹ chi²ʔin¹ nchi³ʔin¹
know prefix chi yi chi nchi
know tone 2 2 2 3
laugh lexeme cuʔe⁴ndạ¹ cʔa³yun¹ ʔe⁴ndạ¹ ʔi³yun¹ chʔe⁴ndạ¹ chʔi³yun¹ nʔe⁴ndạ¹ nʔi³yun¹
laugh prefix cu yi chi n
laugh tone 4 4 4 4
layer lexeme ncʔạ² dʔu²chi² yi²ncʔạ² ncʔạ² ncʔạ³²
layer prefix zero yi zero zero
layer tone 2 2 2 3
leave1 lexeme cu¹nʔen² yi¹nʔen² chi¹nʔen² nu³nʔen²
leave1 prefix cu yi chi nu
leave1 tone 1 1 1 3
leave2 lexeme cʔa¹cu¹ ʔi¹cu¹ chʔi¹cu¹ ndʔi³cu³
leave2 prefix ca yi chi ndi
leave2 tone 1 1 1 3
lie down lexeme cu¹ndi²ti³ yi¹ndi²ti³ ca¹ndi²ti³ nni¹ti⁴
lie down prefix cu yi ca n
lie down tone 2 2 2 1
look lexeme cuʔi³nu² ʔi³nu² chʔi³nu² nʔi³nu²
look prefix cu yi chi n
look tone 3 3 3 3
lower1 lexeme cua³ʔa³ ga³ʔa³ ca¹ʔa¹ nda³ʔa³
lower1 prefix cu yi ca ndi
lower1 tone 3 3 1 3
lower2 lexeme chʔen³ yi²chʔen³ nchʔen¹ nchʔen³
lower2 prefix zero yi zero zero
lower2 tone 3 3 1 3
make noise lexeme cuʔa²cu³ ʔa²cu³ chʔa¹cu¹ ndʔa³cu²
make noise prefix cu yi chi ndi
make noise tone 2 2 1 3
measure lexeme di³ca³di⁴ yi²di³ca³di⁴ di¹ca¹di⁴ ṉdi³ca³di⁴
measure prefix zero yi zero n
measure tone 3 3 1 3
mix lexeme cʔa⁴sta¹ʔan² ʔi⁴sta¹ʔan² chʔi⁴sta¹ʔan² ndʔi⁴sta¹ʔan²
mix prefix ca yi chi ndi
mix tone 4 4 4 4
obstruct lexeme cʔa²di² ʔa²di² cʔa¹di¹ ncʔa³²di²
obstruct prefix ca yi ca nca
obstruct tone 2 2 1 3
pour lexeme cuʔe³ndạ⁴¹ ʔe²ndạ⁴¹ chʔe¹ndạ⁴¹ nʔe³ndạ⁴¹
pour prefix cu yi chi n
pour tone 3 2 1 3
pucker lexeme cua³ gan³ ga³ cha² nda³
pucker prefix cu yi chi ndi
pucker tone 3 3 2 3
relight lexeme nnʔu³mʔi³ yi²nʔu³mʔi³ nʔu¹mʔi¹ nnʔu³mʔi³
relight prefix n yi zero n
relight tone 3 3 1 3
restore lexeme ncạ¹ʔạ² yi¹ncạ¹ʔạ² ncạ¹ʔạ² ncạ³¹ʔạ²
restore prefix zero yi zero zero
restore tone 1 1 1 3
rinse lexeme ndʔa³gun⁴ nu¹ni¹ yi²ndʔa²gun⁴ ndʔa¹gun⁴ nnʔa³gun⁴
rinse prefix zero yi zero n
rinse tone 3 2 1 3
rise lexeme cuʔa¹² ʔa¹² chʔa¹² ndʔa¹²
rise prefix cu yi chi ndi
rise tone 12 12 12 12
rub lexeme cu²nun²¹ yi²nun²¹ chi¹nun²¹ nnun⁴¹
rub prefix cu yi chi n
rub tone 2 2 1 4
scare lexeme ca³ṉdʔi¹ya¹ yi³ṉdʔi¹ya¹ chi³ṉdʔi¹ya¹ ni³ṉdʔi¹ya¹
scare prefix ca yi chi ndi
scare tone 1 1 1 1
scratch lexeme cuạ¹nen⁴ dʔun³ gạ¹nen⁴ cạ¹nen⁴ nạ¹nen⁴
scratch prefix cu yi ca n
scratch tone 1 1 1 1
search through lexeme nca²ma² yi²nca²ma² chi¹nca²ma² nca³²ma²
search through prefix zero yi chi zero
search through tone 2 2 2 3
see lexeme ca¹ndʔi¹chi¹ yi¹ndʔi¹chi¹ chi¹ndʔi¹chi¹ nnʔi³chi⁴
see prefix ca yi chi n
see tone 1 1 1 3
shake lexeme cʔa³di¹ ʔi³di¹ chʔi³di¹ ndʔi³di¹
shake prefix ca yi chi ndi
shake tone 3 3 3 3
shine lexeme ju³¹vi² gua²ʔan³ yi³gu³¹vi² chgu³¹vi² ngu³¹vi²
shine prefix zero yi chi n
shine tone 31 31 31 31
sigh lexeme na¹ʔan¹ yi¹nu² yi¹na¹ʔan¹ sna¹ʔan¹ nna³¹ʔan¹
sigh prefix zero yi s n
sigh tone 1 1 1 3
sink lexeme cuʔe²snu²ma³ ʔe²snu²ma³ chʔe²snu²ma³ ndʔe³snu²ma³
sink prefix cu yi chi ndi
sink tone 2 2 2 3
spill lexeme ja⁴¹ yi²ga⁴¹ chga⁴¹ nga⁴¹
spill prefix zero yi chi n
spill tone 41 41 41 41
spin lexeme cuʔạ² ʔạ² cʔạ¹² ndʔạ³
spin prefix cu yi ca ndi
spin tone 2 2 1 3
start lexeme jạ²ʔạ² yi²gạ²ʔạ² chi¹gạ²ʔạ² ngạ³²ʔạ²
start prefix zero yi chi n
start tone 2 2 2 3
stay lexeme cu¹nda³¹ yi¹nda³¹ ca¹nda³¹ nna³nda⁴¹
stay prefix cu yi ca n
stay tone 1 1 1 3
study lexeme cuʔen¹ ʔen¹ chʔen¹ nʔen³
study prefix cu yi chi n
study tone 1 1 1 3
support lexeme ca³tʔu³nu³ yi²ca³tʔu³nu³ ca¹tʔu¹nu² ndi³ca³tʔu³nu³
support prefix zero yi zero ndi
support tone 3 3 1 3
take advantage lexeme ca²ndʔạ³ nan² yi²ca²ndʔạ³ chi¹ca¹ndʔạ³ ni³ca²ndʔạ³
take advantage prefix zero yi chi ni
take advantage tone 2 2 1 2
teach lexeme ca²cuʔen² yi²cuʔen² chi²cuʔen² ndi³cuʔen²
teach prefix ca yi chi ndi
teach tone 2 2 2 3
turn on lexeme cʔa³¹snen⁴ ʔi³¹snen⁴ chʔi³¹snen⁴ ndʔi³¹snen⁴
turn on prefix ca yi chi ndi
turn on tone 31 31 31 31
unleash lexeme nnʔa³ndu¹ yi²nnʔa³ndu¹ nnʔa²ndu¹ nnʔa³ndu¹
unleash prefix zero yi zero zero
unleash tone 3 3 2 3
valiant lexeme cu²chʔi⁴vʔa¹ yi²chʔi⁴vʔa¹ chi¹chʔi⁴vʔa¹ ndi³chʔi⁴vʔa¹
valiant prefix cu yi chi ndi
valiant tone 4 4 4 4
warning lexeme cu²vi² yi² chi¹² nchi³²
warning prefix cu yi chi nchi
warning tone 2 2 1 3
wed lexeme cʔa²mma²cu² ʔi²mmca²cu² chʔi²mma²cu² nʔi³mma²cu²
wed prefix ca yi chi n
wed tone 2 2 2 3

Tepeuxila Cuicatec notes

  • Verbs in Cuicatec inflect for aspect and mood and for person and number of the subject. The database only presents information about forms inflected for aspect and mood.
  • Verbs inflect for four main aspect-moods: Potential, Progressive, Completive and Perfect. There is also a Habitual, but not all verbs appear to have this form.

Orthographic notes

  • Tone is indicated by numerals:
4 Very high
3 High
2 Mid
1 Low
41 Very high > Low
31 High > Low
23 Mid > High
12 Low > Mid
312 High > Low > Mid

References

Anderson, E. Richard and Hilario Concepción Roque. 1982. Diccionario Cuicateco: Español-Cuicateco, Cuicateco-Español. Mexico City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.

Feist, Timothy & Enrique L. Palancar. 2015. The Oto-Manguean Inflectional Class Database. University of Surrey. [DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.15126/SMG.28/1]