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El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Tik ne witztal yajki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Tik ne witztal yajki. Ustuwetzi. Ran! Mutamuta ne ustut.
Into the thorns it went; it fell in the ravine -- "rann" -- it threw itself into the ravine.
Al fin de tanto, wakik ne masat, wan yaja, ne tzuntekumat, yawia miki ka iseltzin tik ne kebrada.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Kitalij ka nepa. Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
She put it over there, in the corner of the house she placed it.
Kabal tapanik ka tajku tayua, ma tikinakan ne "medianoche", tikaki tajku tayua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kaki
Translation
Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.
Kilwiat tik kastiaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.
"Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.
Pejki kilwia tik majikaj: Tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut, tzapalu puchut!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
She started to say in magic, "down silk-cotton tree, down tree, down tree, down tree, down tree!"
Ne puchut waltemu witz, waltemu witz ne puchut y tajtasa ne majmajtzal tik tal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
The silk-cotton tree came donw, down came the silk-cotton tree and its brances touched the ground.
Kilwia, como tik kastiaj kinnutzki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Ya les di de comer, pero lambanse los labios! Kilwia, como tik kastiaj kinnutzki. Lambanse los labios, ya comieron!
"I already fed you, but lick your lips", she said, since she spoke to them in Spanish, "lick your lips, you already ate".
Tiut tikwikat ne tuermanitoj, lama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"We're going to take our little brother, gramdmother."
Tiut tikshipewat, inaket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Let's skin him", they said.
Kinilwia tik kastiaj: Levantense mis nietos, ya esta la comida."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
She said to them in Spanish, "get up my grandchildren, the food is ready".
Me duele la cabeza, yu estoy rendido, kilwiat tik kastiaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Ay nanita! Me duele la cabeza, yu estoy rendido, kilwiat tik kastiaj.
"Oh gramma, my head aches, I'm exhausted", they say in Spanish.
Shikuchikama!, kilwia tik nawat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Shikuchikama!, kilwia tik nawat. Shikuchikan!
"Sleep now!", she said in Pipil, "go to sleep!".
Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".
Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia. Anda, ve que hace mi nanita, kilwia tik kastiaj.
The other said to the lizard, "look lizard", in Spanish he said, "go see what my gramma is doing", he said in Spanish.
Anda, ve que hace mi nanita, kilwia tik kastiaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Kilwia ne kutalajtzin ne seyuk, tik kastiaj kilwia: Mira tenguerechol, kilwia. Anda, ve que hace mi nanita, kilwia tik kastiaj.
The other said to the lizard, "look lizard", in Spanish he said, "go see what my gramma is doing", he said in Spanish.
Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Ka te panu ne iashish nepa, tiut tikmiktiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"Whoever does not get his/her piss there we are going to kill."
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
En aquel tiempo witzet urakaneros tik se techan de nombre Chiltiupan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
In those days there came "hurricaners" from a town called Chilteopan.
Keman inat yejemet ka yawi panu urakan, segun yejemet inat ka tik ne ejekat panu ne witzet hombres wan siwatket al aire con tal de que witzet kwikat elut pal yejemet kiwikat, kunij ne mijmil nakak bien quebrado, bien aplastado, varias mazorcas desfigurado en un aspecto de como buba, yajane mazorcas kwikat ne Chiltiupanekos sekun nutatanoy wan nu noyaj kichiwket kontar.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
When they say there is going to be a big storm, so they say, in the wind that comes by there come men and women in the wind such that they come to carry off ears of corn for them to eat. Thus the milpas were left broken, quite flattened, with many ears of corn disfigured with a look like pustules. Those were the ears of corn that the Chilteopaners took, according to my grandfather and my grandmother.
Pero en ese caso siyujti nemi se takat intelijentej, wan muchiwki proponer ke era de mas tay witzet kichiwat nin tik tutechan.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
But in this case, once there was a smart man who held that what they came to do in our town was too much.
Kunij yaja kichiwki se trampaj, tik ne trampaj welik kikutamima se siwapil como de diesiocho años, peroj ne siwapil al mumentuj ke wetzki talchi inmediatamente mukwepki se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
So he made a trap. In the trap he was able to catch a girl of about eighteen. But at the moment she fell to the ground, immediately the girl changed into a turkey.
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Kunij inaket los tres pwes yek (ne) tay tikchiwtuk pero bien naja nikneki shikchiwa nuwan ne jwabor (juabor), shinechilwiti siquiera kan nemi ne plumas? Kan nakak ne ujumiu? Pal niyaw nikita kan nemi.
Then the three said, "well, what you have done is all right, but I want you to do me a favor". "Show me, at least, where the feathers are, where the bones were left, so I can go see where they are".
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
An niyaw nikchij kontar ka nin nemi se chulet ke yaja propio yaja nechilwijtuk ka inan ne iteku né tik arkuj nemit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)
Ajsik né tik ne pwertaj, muketza a media pwertaj, kilwia: nunan, nuteku shalkisa, naj nimayana, nikneki nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
He came there to the door, stood in the middle of the door, and said, "mother, father, come out, I'm hungry, I want to eat".
Tikpia wey pan?
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: pia
Translation
Kunij yaja kilwia. Tikpia wey pan?
Then he said, "do you have lots of bread?"
Kunij shalkwi ukseyuk tortaj; Naj niktalia tik numataw pal nikwa musta.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
"Then bring me some more sandwiches; I'll put them in my bag to eat tomorrow."
Kalwika inan uk nawi pan onbron, kitaij tik imataw wan walaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
His mother brought four more big buns. He put them in his bag and left.
Desde luego ka nin tik numataw ojonbron plastas pal toroj witz, yaja nikwaj tesu pan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Aj, nipashalua (Kenha ken) taja tikistuk tipashalua.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"Oh, I'm taking a walk just as you have come out to take a walk."
Tiawit tikitat su cierto kaj taja tiLionaj!
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Kan kilpij, kilwia: Bueno, an tiawit ka muchan. Tiawit tikitat su cierto kaj taja tiLionaj!
When he tied her, he said, "OK, now let's go to your house to see if it's true that you are Leonarda".
Pwes, tiawit tikitat ka naj nikalaki nuchan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"OK, let's go see that I will enter my house."
Tay tikneki?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: neki
Translation
Nikan ninemi, señor. Tay tikneki?
"Here I am, señor, what do you want?"
Ka ne niknamik tik kayej ka ne kajkuik.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
"I ran into her there in the street, up there."
"Aj, nikistuk nipashalua nusan kenha ken taja tikistuk tipashalua.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
"'Oh, I've gone for a walk like you have.'"
Mukwepki kita tik ikaraj; Kitak tujtumak iish, tesu ken iish jentej.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
He turned around to look her in the face and he saw her large eyes, not like people's eyes.
Ya mutaluj asta ajsik ten at, mukuminki tik se ombron posaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
She ran until she got to the edge of the river and she throw herself into a big pool.
Kan mukuminki tik ne posaj, ne kishpuluj; teya kitak.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Kan mukuminki tik ne posaj, ne kishpuluj; teya kitak. Ne puliwik ne siwat.
When she threw herself into the pool there he lost (sight of) her and couldn't see her any longer; there the woman disappeared.
Naja nechchiwki kontar nutatanoy, kaj esas cosas, pwes keman yaja joven kikaktuk kaj kichiwtuk suseder tik techan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
My grandfather told me these things that when he was young he heard happen in this town.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne syujti ne nupiltzin kimutij ka yajki kimutiat tzanat ne tik ne mil, yajika kimutij a, ina kitak ne Sipitiyuj, ina.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: Nawat, tajtani, tik
Translation
Once my son was terrified when he was going to frighten off grackels there in the cornfield. So he was frightened; he says he saw the sipitillo.
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