Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 33. Word class: adjective. Used both as plural 'all' (translated as Spanish 'todos' in the textual examples) and as singular 'all' (translated as Spanish 'todo'). Distinct from has tɨpwˈes 'all, entire' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 6].
Number:2
Word:ashes
Tol:ʔɨpʰˈɨ1
There is no entry for 'ashes' in [Dennis & Dennis 1983]. However, the word is attested in one textual example in the dictionary [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 31] and in the Tol translation of the New Testament [NT Tol 2010] (Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13, Hebrews 9:13, 2 Peter 2:6).
Number:3
Word:bark
Tol:lotˈotʰ1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 14. Word class: noun.
Number:4
Word:belly
Tol:ŋ=kol1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 18. Glossed as 'stomach' (Spanish 'estómago'). Word class: possessed noun. Textual examples: cʰikʰ li piyˈu kol βyˈaha mpes 'el niño está llorando porque le duele el estómago / the baby is crying because his stomach aches' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 13]; cʼol te way, kol pʰe way ʔin 'el pizote es negro con abdomen blanco / coati is black with a white belly' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 47]. There are no entries such as 'abdómen', 'barriga' or 'vientre' in the Spanish-Tol part of the dictionary.
Number:5
Word:big
Tol:pɨnˈe1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 30. Word class: adjective. The word can also function as a stative verb: 'to be big'. Suppletive plural: noy-pˈan [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 26].
Number:6
Word:bird
Tol:cipyˈaya1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 43. Word class: noun.
Number:7
Word:bite
Tol:
Not attested properly. The dictionary has only nyˈɨhɨ 'pica (como avispa, hormiga) / bites (as wasp, ant)' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: 27].
Number:8
Word:black
Tol:te1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 38-39. Polysemy: 'black / dirty'. Word class: adjective. The word can also function as a stative verb 'to be black / to be dirty'.
Number:9
Word:blood
Tol:na=ʔˈas1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 16. Word class: possessed noun. Cf. ʔas 'raw' (adjective / stative verb) [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 53].
Number:10
Word:bone
Tol:n=kʰˈele1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 17. Word class: possessed noun.
Number:11
Word:breast
Tol:na=hˈas sˈuna1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 16. Glossed in Spanish as 'pecho'. Word class: possessed noun. See notes on 'heart'. Distinct from n=cocʼ 'female breast' (Spanish 'seno') [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 39].
Number:12
Word:burn tr.
Tol:ʔyɨm1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 56. Polysemy: 'burn (tr.) / make tortillas / roast'. Word class: transitive verb (I).
Number:13
Word:claw(nail)
Tol:m=pepʰ1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 15. Word class: possessed noun.
Number:14
Word:cloud
Tol:mol1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 21. Word class: noun.
Number:15
Word:cold
Tol:cʰohˈose1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 44-45. Word class: adjective. The word can also function as a stative verb: 'to be cold'. Apparently related to cʰohˈoka 'shadow' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 44].
Number:16
Word:come
Tol:kuwˈi-s1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 3. Word class: intransitive verb (II). This verb has a high degree of allomorphy and suppletivism: pres. 1 sg. kuwˈi-s, pres. 2 sg. kuy, pres. 3 sg. hakʼ, pres. 1 pl. kil-ˈaka, pres. 2 pl. kul-ˈa, pres. 3 pl. hi=kˈil, fut. 1 sg. ka ŋ=kuwˈi-s, fut. 2 sg., 3 sg. ka ŋ=kuwˈi-m, fut. 1 pl. ka ŋ=kul-ˈaka, fut. 2 pl. ka ŋ=kul-ˈa, fut. 3 pl. ka ŋ=kul. Morphological segmentation of the forms above is rather tentative.
Number:17
Word:die
Tol:ni pɨʔˈi1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 26. Word class: causative verb (I) (sic! see below). This verb has separate stems in sigular and plural: pres. 1 sg. ni pɨʔˈi, pres. 2 sg. ʔi pɨʔˈi, pres. 3 sg. pˈeʔe, pres. 1 pl. k[y]aʔle-kˈekʰ, pres. 2 pl. koʔli-kˈe, pres. 3 pl. k[y]aʔlˈi-ŋ. According to [Dennis & Dennis 1983], the following verbs belong to the so-called "causative" class: 'to die', 'to fall', 'to hiccup', 'to wake up' etc. These verbs all denote involuntary actions and have nothing in common with what is usually called causatives.
Number:18
Word:dog
Tol:cʰiyˈo1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 44. Word class: noun.
Number:19
Word:drink
Tol:mɨʔˈɨ-s1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 22. Word class: transitive verb (II).
Number:20
Word:dry
Tol:pʰa1
Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 32. Polysemy: 'empty / dry'. Word class: adjective. The word can also function as a stative verb: 'to be empty / to be dry'. Secondary synonym: cʼˈicʼe 'dry' [Dennis & Dennis 1983: TE 46-47]. The difference between the two words is explained in the Spanish-Tol part of the dictionary: pʰa can refer, e.g., to clothes, earth, places that formerly had water; cʼˈicʼe - is only applied to vegetation [Dennis & Dennis 1983: ET 39].