Nahuat

-ichteki

transitive verb

/ich·te·ki/

Meanings

  1. 1

    to steal

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

present
kichtekiSources: King (2011a)nikichtekiSources: Schultze Jena (1935), King (2011a)
preterite
kichtejketpluralSources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a)kichtekSources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
perfect
kichtektukSources: Campbell (1985)
imperative
shikichtekiSources: Campbell (1985)
object-less form
tachtekiSources: Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)techtekirecorded in tichtekirecorded in

In the texts

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

  • ichteki

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    robar
    techteki
    Spanish
    robar
    Alan King's note
    = te- + ichteki
  • ič-tegin Alan King's standard spelling: ichteki

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    robar
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    nikichteki
    Preterite (inferred by King)
    -ichtekik
    Perfect (inferred by King)
    -ichtekijtuk (sic)
    Alan King's note
    "Tichtekit" in 4 is problematic. -Ichteki is transitive, and is "tichteki" exists at all it is only likely to be as an inaccusative. Put if it is that here, the subject prefix ti- is missing, and conversely, if t(i)- here represents the subject prefix, either ki- or ta-/te- is missing. But other details in this passage are similarly problematic and probably corrupt. Perhaps the speaker lacked proficiency or clarity, or maybe Schultze was not at his best; he himself mentions that in these first texts he was still feeling his way around the language. Consider the sentence in which the word occurs: "Su nechilia ma niwitz niwiwita, tiawit tikwikat miak pal inte timukwepat senpa tichtekit kajkamu ini takat."
  • (i)chtekiin Alan King's standard spelling: ichteki

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    vt
    Spanish
    robar
    English
    to steal, to rob
    pres.
    ichteki
    pret.
    ichtek
    Example
    k-ichtek
    he stole it
    perf.
    ichtek-tuk
    See also
    ta-chteki "to steal (something), to be stealing"
    See also
    ich-ti "string", teki "to cut"
    On the etymology
    CN (i)chteki (Car.)
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    pret.
    ichtek
    Example
    k-ichteh-ke-t
    they stole it
    Example
    ni-k-ichtek-a
    I already stole it
    Pronunciation
    [nigichtega?]
    Example
    maka xi-k-ichteki
    don't steal (it)!
    See also
    t-ichteki "to steal (something), to be robbing"
  • t-ichtekiin Alan King's standard spelling: tichteki

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Function
    unspec. obj.
    vt
    Spanish
    robar
    English
    to steal, to be stealing
    See also
    ta- 'unspec. obj.', ichteki "to steal"
    See also
    (C) ta-chteki
  • ichteki

    King (2011a) · No town

    verbo transitivo
    Spanish
    robar
    English
    steal
    presente
    kichteki
    pretérito
    -ichtek
    pretérito plural
    -ichtejket
    techteki
    verbo inacusativo
    ichtekilia
    verbo aplicativo
    Spanish
    robar a (alguien)
    English
    rob
  • -ichtekiin nahuat.com's standard spelling: ichteki

    King (2011b) · p. 160 · No town

    Spanish
    robar
    Reference
    TG
    As printed
    -ichteki robar TG
  • -Ichtekiin nahuat.com's standard spelling: Ichteki

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    verbo transitivo
    Spanish
    robar un(a)
    As printed
    -Ichteki robar un(a)
  • Tachteki

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    f.int de -Ichteki
    As printed
    Tachteki f.int de -Ichteki
  • ichteki

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    v tr.
    Definition
    robar. Yaja tichteki Él roba [2,3]
    As printed
    ichteki v tr. robar. Yaja tichteki Él roba [2,3]

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Sources

  • Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
  • Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)