[Aztlan] lak'

[Randa Marhenke]

I may only be displaying my ignorance, and maybe I've mis-understood some
of this dialog, but though I feel the grammar has been explained, I don't
really like the fact that some of us may be throwing out "other" in the
gloss.  For one thing, I feel "other" and "companion" can, in some
languages, be sometimes considered as synonyms.  For another, using
Bolles' online dictionary, both "other" and "companion" are given as
glosses.  Please keep in mind that Bolles' "k" is the same as what we've
been spelling as "k'" herein (i.e., it is glottalized--he uses a "c" for
the unglottalized k-sound).:

at url: http://www.famsi.org/reports/96072/l/lahbal_lakintic.htm

Lak (u-): otro, uno de dos. (sfm)

Lak (vowel length regular) db) other, companion. Frequently preceded by the
possesive adjective set: in lak, a lak, u lak, c' lak, a lakeex, u lakoob.
Verb root: to accompany. Transitive: lakintic, lakintah, lakintmah, lakinte.
Intransitive: lakancil, lakanchahi, lakanchahaan, lakanchahac / lakilancil,
lakilanchahi, lakilanchahaan, lakilanchahac.
cam) lak: compañero. cam) lakilancil: compañia.
crm) bal yal a toh pulic a keban ua ma tan a temeb yol a lak? que te aprovecha
confesar tu pecado si no satisfaces a tu projimo? crm) u yail dios, u yail
lakbili: 1: el amor de dios, el amor del projimo, con que es amado dios y el
projimo.
ems) amigo: lak, et-a-il. ems) compañero: aal-ak, lak, taac. ems) pariente:
on-el, lak.
mtm) ah cambezah coil: ocol, pochh tu lakob: gran vallaco que enseña
vellaquerias, hurtas, y desprecios a sus compañeros. mtm) baitacla: assi se
esta (segun la manera de que le trata) Ut. manan v nok yetel v baluba inlak ca
huli bai tac la: sin ropa y sin hacienda vino mi compañero y assi se esta. y
variase por los pronombres. en, ech. beni tac la, ettz....

His references (explanations for "sfm", "db", etc) are given at url:
http://www.famsi.org/reports/96072/index.html


Please excuse me if I did not include anyone else's dictionary that would 
have been just as useful for this. And please excuse me for any errors I 
may have made.

Also, I respelled Bolles' " ch[and the h with a crossed vertical bar in 
it]" as chh, since my text-based e-mail doesn't have the "ch[bar]" in its 
repetoire.

Randa (Marhenke)