Ways to Carry
Every languages has words for things that are important to the people. Tzeltal, spoken in the State of Chiapas, has twenty-five words for ‘carry’.
1. cuch ‘carry on one’s back’
2. q'uech ‘carry on one’s
shoulder’
3. pach ‘carry on one’s head’
4. cajnuc'tay
‘carry over one’s shoulder’
5. lats' ‘carry under one’s arm’
6. chup ‘carry in one’s pocket’
7. tom ‘carry in a bundle’
8. pet ‘carry in one’s arms’
9. nol ‘carry in one’s palm’
10. jelup'in
‘carry across one’s shoulder’
11. nop' ‘carry in one’s fist’
12. lat' ‘carry on a plate.’
13. lip' ‘carry by the corner’
14. chuy ‘carry in a bag’
15. lup ‘carry in a spoon’
16. cats' ‘carry
between one’s teeth’
17.
tuch ‘carry upright’
18. toy ‘carry holding up high’
19. lic ‘carry dangling from the hand’
20. bal ‘carry rolled up (like a map)’
21. ch'et ‘carry coiled up (like a rope)’
22. chech ‘carry by both sides’
23. lut' ‘carry with tongs’
24. yom ‘carry several things together’
25. pich' ‘carry by the neck’
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