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. 2012 Jul 9;3:212. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00212

Table 1.

Abstract time period triplets in Task 2.

Earliest Midpoint Latest
SITTING 1
woje “yesterday” ya’tik “today” pajel “tomorrow”
namej “long ago” yorail ya’tik ini “nowadays’ li’ bel pajel cha’weje “2–3 days in the future”)
te xemona k’axix a “last week” xemona ini “this week” li’ to ta yan xemona bel “next week”
yorail ja’lel k’inal ta yan ja’wil “previous year’s (wet) season” yorail k’epelaltik ini “this dry season” yorail ja’leltik bel “next (wet) season”
sab “morning” olil k’aal “midday” mal k’aal “evening”
te yorail k’alal ya xbajt ta wayel “when you are going to bed” te yorail k’alal ya xwayat “when you are sleeping” te yorail k’alal ya xjajchat “when you wake up”
tajimal k’in “Carnival fiesta” (in February) k’in santziako “fiesta of Santiago” (July, current month of study) jalame’tik “Holy mother’s fiesta” (in September)
SITTING 2, ROTATED 180°
martextik “Tuesday” merkolextik “Wednesday” jwevextik “Thursday”
te k’alal alalat to “when you were a baby” a’wa’wilal ya’tik ini “the age you are now” te bi ora mamalatix/me’elatix a “when you will be an old man/old woman”
te yan u k’axix a “last month (April)” yuil ini “this month (May)” yuil ya to xtal “next month (June)”
junabe’ “last year” ja’wil ini “this year” li’ to ta yan ja’wil te ya to xtal “next year”
lok’ib k’aal “sunrise” olil k’aal “noon” malib k’aal “sunset”
yamal k’inal “dusk” olil ajk’ubal “middle of the night” sakub k’inal “dawn”
jajch “get up” pas waj “make tortillas” we’ waj “eat”