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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Pwes yajket kiwikak.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So the went; she took him.
Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
"So, he doesn't get better."
Yawita witzet ne nupilawantzitzin, yut mawiltiat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
"My boys are going to come soon, they're going to play."
Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."
Pwes yajket.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So they went.
Nepa yajket tejten ne laguj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
They went there to the shores of the lake.
Ne piltzintzin kenemej takata, yaja nakak de rey.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
The little boy, since now he was a man, became the king, he became king.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Yaja kitajtan se konsejoj wan kimakaket, kimakat se konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
He asked for advice and it was given to him, they gave him advice.
Kinutza ne ishulejyu; ya tesu kichiwa kasoj, ken ne kuchikia, wan tesu kuchi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
She spoke to her husband; he didn't pay attention to her, as though he was sleeping, but he wasn't asleep.
Teya su weli; yawia miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
He could no longer make it; he was going to die.
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Pwes yajki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So he went.
Yajki ka dentroj ne takatzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Kitalij ne ichaketaj ne takatzin, ne kinaktij. Yajki ka dentroj ne takatzin.
The man put his jacket down for her; there he left her; the man went inside.
Tik ne witztal yajki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
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: yaja, yawi
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yawi
Translation
The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".
Yajki ya; kimatki kan nemi ne isiwapiltzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yawi
Translation
She went. She knew where her daughter was.
Wan tami yajki yajki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
And then she left, she went.
Kimatki ne Tantepuslamat, witz pal yawi kita.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.
The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.
Yajki kene de regreso kalikak se iajamakaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
So she returned and brought some hammocks.
Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin. Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.
She went to get her little boys, then she went under the silk-cotton tree, under the silk-cotton tree.
Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kalinh (m) ana ne ipilawantzitzin. Yawi kene tan ne puchut, tan ne puchut.
She went to get her little boys, then she went under the silk-cotton tree, under the silk-cotton tree.
Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia. Tajtakamet!
Well, the old woman went. She got them down; they were already men.
Yajket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajket. Kalmiktijket se masat.
They went; they killed a deer.
Pero, pero kinshijshikuj ne inlama, porke ya kipia se enamorado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
But their grandmother deceived them because she had a lover.
Kenemej nemi ne Nanawatzin, ne chimpe Nanawatzin, ya kita ta kichiwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.
Ya les di de comer, pero lambanse los labios!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
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".
Lambanse los labios, ya comieron!
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
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".
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.
The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".
Yajket.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajket. Kiwikaket.
They went and they took him.
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Kinilwia tik kastiaj: Levantense mis nietos, ya esta la comida."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
She said to them in Spanish, "get up my grandchildren, the food is ready".
Yamanik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Bidaj, nutejtelpuchtzin, bidaj nutejtelpuchtzin. Yamanik.
"Delicious my sons, delicious my sons, soft."
Yajki kitantia ne itan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Yajki kitantia ne itan. Nepa ten kebrada kitantia ne itan pal kikwa ne piltzitzin.
She went to sharpen her teeth, there by the edge of the canyon she sharpened her teeth so she could eat the little boy.
Yajki ne tengerechej.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Voy a ir. Es el tenguereche. Yajki ne tengerechej.
"I'll go", it was the lizard; the lizard went.
Baj, yawi seyuk: Irrrr.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Pejket kene ne tajtakamet: Chirrrr. Baj, yawi seyuk: Irrrr.
Then the men began, "chirr"; another went, "irr".
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
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: yawi
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.
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: yaja
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.
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil?
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil? Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
What he answered was that he had not seen a girl. What he had found on open ground was a turkey.
Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil? Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
What he answered was that he had not seen a girl. What he had found on open ground was a turkey.
Kunij yaja kitzki wan kwikak ka ichan, wan kilwij isiwaw ma kimiktij wan kichiwki se komidaj wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Then he caught it and took it home and told his wife to kill it and make the food, and they ate it.
kunij ne takat yajki kilwitia.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Then the man went to show them.
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 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
Yajika neurakaneros witzet de Chiltiupan, witzet kwikat elut pal kikwa, pero kunij muchiwket jregar por ke kimiktijket se siwapil wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
So, the "hurricaners" in reality come from Chilteopan; they come to take ears of corn to eat. But they were screwed up, because they killed the girl and ate her.
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: yaja
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: yaja
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.)
Yajika keman yaja mayana , ina isel, "por el ultimo nikmai kan nemi nuteku, kan nemi nunan."
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".
Kunij kikwij ikalabus (ikalkabus) wan imataw yawi ka né Arkuj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yawi
Translation
Then he grabbed his machete and his net-bag, and went there to the arch.
Yajika niwitz.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Nimayana, nunan. Yajika niwitz.
"I'm hungry, mother; that's why I've come."
Kunij yaja kilwia.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Kunij yaja kilwia. Tikpia wey pan?
Then he said, "do you have lots of bread?"
Kunij ne inan kalaki, mientras ne inan kalaki kalwika mas pan, yaja pejki kikwa ne tortaj kimakatuk inan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Then his mother went inside. While his mother was going in to bring more bread, he began to eat the sandwich his mother had given him.
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: yaja
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
Pero keman niyaw nimukwepa niyawi niyaw nikajwa ne nunan tayika yaja nechmakatuk.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
But when I go back there, I'm going to chew out my mother for what she has given me.
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: yaja, yajika, yawi
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.
Yajika kwak niyaw nimukwewpa niyawi ka Arkuj, niyaw niknutza nuteku pal nikajwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Therefore when I go back to the arch, I'm going to speak to my father to chew him out."
Yaj propio ne chulet nechiwtuk kontar, yaja itukay Lorenso López kipiatuya ume ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
The old man himself has told me this. His name was Lorenzo López. He had two sons.
Kilwia los dos pipil "taja timayordomoj, pero maya taja mumanuj mas vivo yaja alvolario".
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
He said to the two boys, "you are a steward, but only you. Your brother is smarter; he is a wizard.
Yaja oficio yaw anwelit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
These are your professions; go and learn them."
Al fin keman yaja kineki miki ka mayana wan te kipia kishtia se espejuj tay oraj takipini.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Finally, when he wanted to die because he was hungry and because he had nothing, he got out a mirror while it was lightning.
Tatawilua wan ne espejuj, pero né tesu yaja idestino te keman kimiktij.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
He shined with his mirror, but that was not to be his fate; he never killed him.
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: yaja
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.
Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
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.
Keman yaja yawi katka derechoj ne kayej, yaj kiski iishpan Siwanawal.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yawi
Translation
When he was going down the street the Siguanaba (a siren-like supernatural being in the form of a woman) came out in front of him.
Ya klaroj kitak kaj witz ne siwat, pero en ese rato yaja kishmatki, kitak yaja se siwat itukay Lionaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
He saw clearly that the woman was coming but at that time he recognized her, (thinking that) he saw a woman named Leonarda.
Kunij yaja kinutzki.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Then he spoke to her.
Se me afigura, kilwij yaja.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Se me afigura, kilwij yaja. Tesu tiLionaj.
"It seems to me", he said, "you are not Leonarda".
Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Kwikak ne siwat ichan neyuk siwat itukay Lionaj. Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
He took the woman to the house of the other woman named Leonarda and (this) Leonarda had been very cold. So she had gotten up late at night to light the fire to get over being cold.
Yajika nimuketzki niktatia tit pal nimututunia.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
"That's why I got up to light the fire to warm up."
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yawi
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
Kunij inak yaja: Ini tesu yek, ini nukujkul, pero nikchiwki jregar, porke nikilpij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Then he said, "this is not good". "This is a spook." "But I messed her up because I tied her up."
Kunij yaja algo mumutij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Then he was a little scared.
Kan musutun ne siwat kiski mutalua, yaj muchiwki arrepentir.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
When the woman got away and took off running, he regretted it.
Ya mutaluj asta ajsik ten at, mukuminki tik se ombron posaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
She ran until she got to the edge of the river and she throw herself into a big pool.
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: yaja
Translation
My grandfather told me these things that when he was young he heard happen in this town.
Yajika, an nuamikoj nikchij kontar pal kimati ka nemi Tzuntekumat wan nemi Siwanawal, pal kaj te kipia balor kimutia.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Therefore, now, I told my friend so that he will know that the "skull" exists and that the Siguanaba exists, for whoever is not brave will be frightened.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Kaj kichij konvenir kichiju kanar nusan, ashta kimaka tutunik keman kinmutia, yajne (yaja ne) kilwiat Sipitiyuj.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
Whoever it pays, can come out ahead, also. He even gives a fever to those he frightens. That one is called "the Sipitillo".
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: yaja, yajika, yawi
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.
Yajika ya kishmati nusan ne Sipitiyuj.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
That's how he came to know the sipitillo also.
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