Hoyito nomenclature
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Many specific names and expressions, both in Spanish and in Kreyol, were found by Víktor Bautista i Roca during a research about hoyito, which he conducted in Catalonia (among Dominican expatriates) and the Dominican Republic.
In Kreyol the game has just one name, kay (sometimes spelled as caille), but in Spanish it has many.
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Spanish game names
Widespread names
- (El) hoyito
- (the) small hole
- (Las) casitas
- (the) little houses
- (El) mate
- (the) mate seed
- Jueguito mate
- little mate game
- Hoyitos de mate
- small holes of mate
- (Las) casitas del mate
- (the) little houses of mate
- Las casitas de los mates
- the little houses of the mates
Names found just once
- El maizal
- the maize field
- Matosón
- big mate
- Pueblo
- village
- Come y deja
- eat and leave
- Piedrecitas
- little stones
- Mapenba
- (no other meaning in Spanish than the game name)
Kreyol nomenclature
Kreyol orthography has not been checked, except for the word kay. Anything else has been transcribed more or less phonetically.
- Kay ("house")
- 4 seeds in a hole
- 2 Marasa ("2 twins" - a lwa in vodou)
- 2 (or more) houses in a row
- 2 Cabes ("2 heads")
- 2 (or more) houses in a row
- Mouri ("to die")
- to end a multiple lap
- Perdr ("to lose")
- to end a multiple lap
- Manje ("to eat")
- to capture seeds
Spanish nomenclature
- Mate ("mate seed")
- seeds used (formerly/if available) to play
- Casa ("house")
- 4 seeds in a hole
- Hacer una casa ("to make a house")
- capturing a house
- Casa doble ("double house")
- capturing two houses
- Comer ("to eat")
- to capture a house
- Beber ("to drink")
- to capture a house
- Morir ("to die")
- to end a multiple lap
- Perder ("to lose")
- to end a multiple lap
- Regar ("to irrigate")
- to move
- Levantar ("to elevate")
- to move
- Barco ("boat")
- a heavily loaded hole
- Cerrar ("to close")
- to mark a lost hole
- Tapar ("to cover")
- to mark a lost hole
- Ir cocote ("to go nape")
- to have no seed to play with
- Pollito ("chick")
- a non-empty hole
References
- Bautista i Roca, Víktor
- (2004) Hoyito.
- Bautista i Roca, Víktor
- (2005) Africa Hidden Inside a Small Hole. Paper presented in the VIIIth Board Game Studies Colloquium. Oxford.
