Maratino language

Maratino is a poorly attested extinct language that was spoken in north-east Mexico, near Martín, Tamaulipas. Swanton, who called it 'Tamaulipeco', classified it as Uto-Aztecan based on a few obvious cognates, such as Maratino chiguat 'woman' ~ Nahuatl cihuātl 'woman' and peyot 'peyote' ~ Nahuatl peyotl, but other scholars have not considered this to be enough to classify the language.

Maratino
Tamaulipeco
Regionnear Martín, Tamaulipas, NE Mexico
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmara1266
The location of Maratino in Tamaulipas state

Vocabulary

The following vocabulary list of Maratino is from John Swanton (1940: 122–124).[1]

glossMaratino
ablekugtima
after the manner ofniwa
althoughkuaahne
andhe
arrowciri
birdmagtc
bowmahkā
but yetkuaahne
childrentzikuini
come home, toutepa
cordpong
cry, tomimigihi
deerkons(gio)
(diminutive suffix)-i
drink, tobaah(ka)
eat, tomigtikui
enemykoapagtzi
escape, tokugtima
farkuiüsikuima
flee, topamini
forceskoh
forest (?)tamu
go, tonohgima
joymaamehe
kill, topaahtcu
leap, tomaatzimetzu
likeniwa
lionxuri
little-i
manya-a
meatmigtikui
mountaintamu
not-he
nowmohka
ourming
peyotepeyot
(plural suffix)-a
run, tokuino, kugtima
see, totepeh
shotskatama
shout, tonohgima
shout for joy, tomaamehe
sleep, totutcē
strengthkoh
thetze
themme
thesetze
totamu
unablekugtimā
usko, ming
verykuiüsikuima
war, totamu
weming
weep, tomimigihi
without-he
wolfbum
womantciwat
woodstamu
yetkuaahne

References

  1. Swanton, John. 1940. Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northern Mexico. (122–124)

Further reading

  • Swanton, John. 1940. Linguistic material from the tribes of southern Texas and northern Mexico. (122–124)
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