Cotoname language

Cotoname was a Pakawan language spoken by Native Americans indigenous to the lower Rio Grande Valley of northeastern Mexico and extreme southern Texas (United States). Today it is extinct.

Vocabulary
The following vocabulary list of Cotoname is from John Swanton (1940).


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! gloss !! Cotoname
 * air || gurám
 * arm, right || katówan
 * arrow || ká-u
 * bad || kĕnáx, sá
 * bed || kắm
 * belly || kóx, kuwéle
 * below || éta
 * bird || komióm
 * bison || wiyá-u
 * black || baí (cf. night)
 * blade || ĕhiá-u
 * blanket, American || häwáss (cf. cold)
 * blood || sä'x
 * blow, to || pó-une
 * bow || kémma
 * boy || kuwósam
 * breast (female) || kĕnám
 * breechclout || xaguátema
 * buffalo || wiyá-u
 * cactus-fig || wámena
 * cane || ká-u
 * chair, a || náxe
 * chief || kapitán
 * cloth (a small piece of cloth) || huáxhe
 * cold || häwéss
 * come here! || sánxe
 * Comecrudo || Aranguá, xaíma
 * cow || wiyá-u
 * crane || karakór
 * cry, to || páma
 * dance, to || okáwe
 * day || ō'
 * daybreak || káma
 * deer || kĕmás
 * die, to || wátĕxo
 * dog || kowá-u
 * drink, to || xuáxe
 * dust || pó-una
 * earth || pén
 * east || otá-ume
 * eat, to || haháme
 * evening || ovx
 * eye || arókwan
 * face || makuát
 * far || huánpa
 * feathers || kuwai
 * female || nan
 * fire || mánĕx
 * flesh || kĕmás
 * fog || máyen
 * food || haháme
 * foot || ayésim
 * fox || kissá
 * girl || kuwósam
 * go over there! || awóyo!
 * goat || kápĕra
 * good || kĕnáx
 * goose || krák
 * grass || suá-u
 * great || katám
 * gun || komióp
 * guts || kuwéle
 * hair || makuát
 * handkerchief || huáxhe
 * hare || gamáro
 * hat || garópa
 * head || makuát
 * high || katám
 * hog || esmók
 * horn || yómo
 * horse || kokátere
 * Indian, an || xaíma
 * infant || huwáxe
 * iron || komióp
 * Karankawa || Aranguá
 * kill, to || wátxuka
 * knife || komiópo
 * knife (for cutting leather) || ĕhiá-u
 * land || pén
 * let us go! || awóyo
 * little || kuwósam
 * low (said of water) || xuắxe
 * maize || tawaló
 * maize-husk || wapxáp
 * male quadruped || yómo
 * man || xuaináxe
 * masticate, to || akwanámie
 * meat || kemás
 * mesquite-bush || dán
 * metate || komoí
 * milk || kĕnám
 * mouse || tsĕmáx
 * mud || pén
 * night || baí
 * no || sá
 * north || hayámta
 * nose || yá-ĕx
 * ox (young) || wiyá-u
 * painted (on body, face, etc.) || tháwĕ
 * peccary || kápio
 * Pintos (Indian tribe so called) || tháwĕ
 * pipe || pá-una
 * rabbit || kiáxhem
 * rat || tsĕmáx
 * red || msá-ĕ
 * reed || ká-u
 * rifle || komióp
 * Rio Grande river || áx̣, katám
 * river || áx̣, katám
 * run, to || mtára
 * salt || dá-än
 * scratch, to || átsiu
 * seat, a || náxe
 * sheep || séwuya
 * sing, to || koyáma
 * sit, to || páwe
 * sit down! || páwe
 * sleep, to || mátsĕkuka
 * small || kuwósam
 * smoke, to || pá-una, suá-u
 * snake || kiá-uxa
 * sombrero || garópa
 * south || séta
 * stand, to || páwia
 * star || kápra
 * stick || dópax
 * suck, to || huä'xle
 * sun || ō'
 * sweet || yáx
 * sweetmeats || yáx
 * tail (of animal) || ásuxuga
 * Tampacuás Indian || xaíma
 * tobacco || suá-u
 * tortilla || kamaplaí
 * tortoise || gapáx
 * tree || dópax
 * tuna || wámĕna
 * up the country || wéfta
 * velduque || ĕhiá-u
 * west || wéfta
 * what do you want? || titcháx mén?
 * water || áx̣
 * weep, to || xákue
 * west || wéfta
 * white || mesó-i
 * wind || gurám
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * kill, to || wátxuka
 * knife || komiópo
 * knife (for cutting leather) || ĕhiá-u
 * land || pén
 * let us go! || awóyo
 * little || kuwósam
 * low (said of water) || xuắxe
 * maize || tawaló
 * maize-husk || wapxáp
 * male quadruped || yómo
 * man || xuaináxe
 * masticate, to || akwanámie
 * meat || kemás
 * mesquite-bush || dán
 * metate || komoí
 * milk || kĕnám
 * mouse || tsĕmáx
 * mud || pén
 * night || baí
 * no || sá
 * north || hayámta
 * nose || yá-ĕx
 * ox (young) || wiyá-u
 * painted (on body, face, etc.) || tháwĕ
 * peccary || kápio
 * Pintos (Indian tribe so called) || tháwĕ
 * pipe || pá-una
 * rabbit || kiáxhem
 * rat || tsĕmáx
 * red || msá-ĕ
 * reed || ká-u
 * rifle || komióp
 * Rio Grande river || áx̣, katám
 * river || áx̣, katám
 * run, to || mtára
 * salt || dá-än
 * scratch, to || átsiu
 * seat, a || náxe
 * sheep || séwuya
 * sing, to || koyáma
 * sit, to || páwe
 * sit down! || páwe
 * sleep, to || mátsĕkuka
 * small || kuwósam
 * smoke, to || pá-una, suá-u
 * snake || kiá-uxa
 * sombrero || garópa
 * south || séta
 * stand, to || páwia
 * star || kápra
 * stick || dópax
 * suck, to || huä'xle
 * sun || ō'
 * sweet || yáx
 * sweetmeats || yáx
 * tail (of animal) || ásuxuga
 * Tampacuás Indian || xaíma
 * tobacco || suá-u
 * tortilla || kamaplaí
 * tortoise || gapáx
 * tree || dópax
 * tuna || wámĕna
 * up the country || wéfta
 * velduque || ĕhiá-u
 * west || wéfta
 * what do you want? || titcháx mén?
 * water || áx̣
 * weep, to || xákue
 * west || wéfta
 * white || mesó-i
 * wind || gurám
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * sheep || séwuya
 * sing, to || koyáma
 * sit, to || páwe
 * sit down! || páwe
 * sleep, to || mátsĕkuka
 * small || kuwósam
 * smoke, to || pá-una, suá-u
 * snake || kiá-uxa
 * sombrero || garópa
 * south || séta
 * stand, to || páwia
 * star || kápra
 * stick || dópax
 * suck, to || huä'xle
 * sun || ō'
 * sweet || yáx
 * sweetmeats || yáx
 * tail (of animal) || ásuxuga
 * Tampacuás Indian || xaíma
 * tobacco || suá-u
 * tortilla || kamaplaí
 * tortoise || gapáx
 * tree || dópax
 * tuna || wámĕna
 * up the country || wéfta
 * velduque || ĕhiá-u
 * west || wéfta
 * what do you want? || titcháx mén?
 * water || áx̣
 * weep, to || xákue
 * west || wéfta
 * white || mesó-i
 * wind || gurám
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * tobacco || suá-u
 * tortilla || kamaplaí
 * tortoise || gapáx
 * tree || dópax
 * tuna || wámĕna
 * up the country || wéfta
 * velduque || ĕhiá-u
 * west || wéfta
 * what do you want? || titcháx mén?
 * water || áx̣
 * weep, to || xákue
 * west || wéfta
 * white || mesó-i
 * wind || gurám
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * weep, to || xákue
 * west || wéfta
 * white || mesó-i
 * wind || gurám
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * wings || miápa
 * within || kuwéle
 * wolf || kombóx
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * woman || katám
 * }
 * }