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” |