Editing Guanche language (section)

==Vocabulary==
Below are selected Guanche vocabulary items from a 16th-century list by [[Alonso de Espinosa]], as edited and translated by [[Clements Robert Markham]] (1907):<ref>{{citation-attribution|1=Espinosa, Alonso de; Markham, Clements Robert (ed.). 1907. ''[https://archive.org/details/guanchesofteneri00espirich The Guanches of Tenerife, the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement]''. (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, 21.) London: [[Hakluyt Society]]. 229pp. }}</ref>{{rp|xx-xxiv}}

:{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Guanche !! English gloss
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| adara || lake 
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| afaro || grain
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| aguere || lake
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| ahof, aho || milk
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| ahoren || barley meal roasted with butter
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| amen || sun
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| ana || sheep
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| ara || goat
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| aran || farm
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| xaxo || deceased; mummy
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| banot || spear
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| cancha || dog
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| cel || moon
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| chafa || lofty mountain ridge
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| chafaña || toasted grain
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| chamato || woman
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| coran || man
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| coraja || red owl
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| e-c, e-g || I (1st person)
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| era, iera || your
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| guan; ben || son (in reality "one of")<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reyes |first=Ignacio |date=2017-09-14 |title=Guan |url=https://imeslan.com/2017/09/14/guan/ |access-date=2021-11-26|website=DICCIONARIO ÍNSULOAMAZIQ |language=es}}</ref>
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| guañac || people; state
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| guaya || spirit, life
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| guijon, guyon || ships (-''n'' ‘plural’)
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| guirre || vulture (''[[Neophron percnopterus]]'')
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| hacichei || beans, vetches
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| hari || multitude, people
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| jarco || mummy
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| manse || shore
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| mayec || mother
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| n-amet || bone
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| o-che || melted butter
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| petut || father?
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| t || thou, thy
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| th || they
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| tabayba || ''[[Euphorbia]]''
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| tabona || obsidian knife
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| tagasaste || ''[[Cytisus proliferus]]'' (var.)
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| taginaste || ''[[Echium]] strictum''
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| tamarco || coat of skins
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| tara || barley
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| taraire, tagaire || alternative name for Mt. Teid
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| xerco || shoe
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| xerax || sky
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| zonfa || navel
|}

Below are some additional basic vocabulary words in various Guanche dialects, from Wölfel (1965):<ref>Wölfel, Dominik Josef. 1965. ''Monumenta linguae Canariae: Die kanarischen Sprachdenkmäler''. Graz, Austria: [[Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt]].</ref>

:{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Guanche !! gloss !! dialect (island)
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| guan, cotan || man || 
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| chamato || woman || 
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| hari || people, multitude || [[Tenerife]]
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| doramas || nostrils || [[Gran Canaria]]
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| adargoma || shoulder || Gran Canaria
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| atacaicate || heart || Gran Canaria
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| garuaic || fist || 
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| zonfa || navel || Tenerife
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| agoñe || bone || Tenerife
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| taber || good || La [[La Palma|Palma]]
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| tigotan || sky || La Palma
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| [[Achamán]] || sky, God || Tenerife
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| [[magec]] || sun || Tenerife, Gran Canaria?
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| ahemon || water || [[El Hierro|Hierro]]
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| aala(mon) || water || [[La Gomera|Gomera]], Hierro
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| ade || water || La Palma
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| ide || fire || Tenerife
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| tacande || volcanic field || La Palma
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| cancha || dog || Gran Canaria, Tenerife
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| garehagua || dog || La Palma
|}