Ch'ol numeral classifiers

A Ch'ol numeral of the native vigesimal series takes a classifier suffix: ux-p'ej juñ 'three books', ux-kojty mis 'three cats'. The suffix is obligatory with the native numerals, and the Spanish loan numerals from siete 'seven' up reject it. The classifier is chosen by the noun and its configuration: many classifiers derive from positional and transitive verb roots, -kojty from koty 'standing on four legs' and -bujch from buch 'seated', so one noun is counted with different classifiers in different positions. -p'ej is the general classifier of inanimates and also the base of the classifiers of the vigesimal powers. [AL09] identifies at least 180 classifiers; those below are the common ones of [LMR22]'s table of Ch'ol classifiers.

Main definitions

• Chol.Classifiers.classifiers — the classifiers entered here.

References

• [LMR22]
• [BC14]
• [BCA19]
• [AL09]

def Chol.Classifiers.pej : Classifier

-p'ej, the general classifier of inanimates: ux-p'ej juñ 'three books'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.pej = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "p'ej" }

def Chol.Classifiers.kojty : Classifier

-kojty, animals, from the positional root koty 'standing on four legs': ux-kojty mis 'three cats'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.kojty = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "kojty" }

def Chol.Classifiers.tyikil : Classifier

-tyikil, people: ux-tyikil x'ixik 'three women'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.tyikil = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tyikil" }

def Chol.Classifiers.kej : Classifier

-k'ej, flat round objects: ux-k'ej waj 'three tortillas'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.kej = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "k'ej" }

def Chol.Classifiers.tsijty : Classifier

-ts'ijty, long things: ux-ts'ijty tye' 'three trees'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.tsijty = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ts'ijty" }

def Chol.Classifiers.bujch : Classifier

-bujch, things seated or propped up, from the positional root buch 'seated': ux-bujch bux 'three propped-up bottles'.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.bujch = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "bujch" }

def Chol.Classifiers.classifiers : Finset Classifier

The classifiers.

Equations

• Chol.Classifiers.classifiers = {Chol.Classifiers.pej, Chol.Classifiers.kojty, Chol.Classifiers.tyikil, Chol.Classifiers.kej, Chol.Classifiers.tsijty, Chol.Classifiers.bujch}