Nahuat

-apaka

transitive verb

/a·pa·ka/

Used only in Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Meanings

  1. 1

    to wash with water

    Documented in

    Sources: Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

present
tikapakatpluralSources: Ramírez (2002), King (2011a)kiapakaSources: King (2011a), Ordóñez (2026)nikapakaSources: King (2011a)
preterite
muapakakSources: Campbell (1985)nikapakSources: Ordóñez (2026)
perfect
muapaktukSources: Campbell (1985)
reflexive
muapakaSources: Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019)

In the texts

The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.

  • mu-a:pakain Alan King's standard spelling: muapaka

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    vr
    Spanish
    lavarse
    English
    to wash oneself
    pres.
    mu-a:paka
    pret.
    mu-a:paka-k
    perf.
    mu-a:pak-tuk
    Example
    ni-mu-a:pak-tuk
    I have washed (myself)
    See also
    a:-t "water", pa:ka "to wash"
  • apan tzupelek

    Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Spanish
    agua dulce
    Example
    Tik ne at tzupelek nemi chagalin, michin, tekwisij wan tzujtzunchichik. Ne at timunekit pal timaltiat, pal tikapakat ne kwajkwach, pal kwak tiamikit, pal tiktamanat, wan pal tineshkwetzat. Ne at nusan timunekit pal tikshiniat ne tal waktuk; wan pal mumaka ne sinti, et, kamuj, wan ukseseyuk tay timunekit. Tech ne at kishtiat ne tawil pal timutawiluat.
  • atiltik

    Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Spanish
    aguas negras
    Example
    Ne atiltik kisa kwak muapaka ne apitzani.
  • paka

    King (2011a) · No town

    verbo transitivo
    Spanish
    lavar
    English
    wash
    Example
    Tikpakat ne kwajkwach
    Lavamos la ropa.
    presente
    kipaka, nikpaka
    reflexivo
    mupaka
    tapaka
    verbo inacusativo
    Example
    Ne siwatket tapakat
    Las mujeres lavan.
    apaka
    verbo transitivo incorporativo
    Spanish
    lavar (con agua)
    English
    wash (with water)
    Example
    Tikapakat ne tukwajkwach
    Lavamos nuestra ropa.
    presente
    kiapaka, nikapaka
    reflexivo
    muapaka
    Etymology
    a-
    Etymology
    paka
  • -apakain nahuat.com's standard spelling: apaka

    King (2011b) · p. 159 · No town

    Spanish
    lavar con agua
    Reference
    42
    Reference
    TG
    As printed
    -apaka lavar con agua 42, TG
  • muapaka

    King (2011b) · p. 161 · No town

    Spanish
    lavarse (con agua)
    Reference
    36
    As printed
    muapaka lavarse (con agua) 36
  • -Apakain nahuat.com's standard spelling: Apaka

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    verbo transitivo
    Spanish
    lavar
    muapaka
    Spanish
    lavarse
    As printed
    -Apaka lavar/ muapaka: lavarse
  • apaka

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    v tr.
    Definition
    lavar (con agua), enjuagar (con líquido). Ne nukwach nikapak nemit ajwituk; kiapaka ne ikwajkwach La ropa que lavé está mojada; lava su ropa [2]
    As printed
    apaka v tr. lavar (con agua), enjuagar (con líquido). Ne nukwach nikapak nemit ajwituk; kiapaka ne ikwajkwach La ropa que lavé está mojada; lava su ropa [2]

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Sources

  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • Ramírez, Nawat vocabulary (2002)
  • King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)