ixcain Alan King's standard spelling: ishka
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- asar
- Preterite (inferred by King)
- ishkak
- Inaccusative (inferred by King)
- teshka
- Reflexive (inferred by King)
- muishka
-ishka
transitive verb/ish·ka/
Meanings
- 1
to roast, to toast (over embers)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- kishka,kishkat
- imperative
- shikishka
- object-less form
- taishka · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- ishcain Alan King's standard spelling: ishka
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- asar
- iškin Alan King's standard spelling: ishka
Schultze Jena (1935), King's index · Izalco
- Spanish
- asar
- With prefixes (inferred by King)
- kishka, nikishka, shikishka
- Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
- -ishka, shu-shikiska
- Reflexive (inferred by King)
- muishka
- ta-ixkain Alan King's standard spelling: taishka
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Function
- unspec.obj.
- Spanish
- asar
- English
- to roast, to fry (meat)
- See also
- ta- 'unspec. obj.', ixka "to roast, fry (meat)"
- See also
- taixkal "roast(ed), grilled (meat)"
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
vr - ixkain Alan King's standard spelling: ishka
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- asar
- English
- to roast, to fry
- pres.
- ixka
- pret.
- ixka-k
- perf.
- ixka-tuk
- Example
- ni-k-ixka-tuk
- I've roasted it
- See also
- ta-ixka "to be roasting"
- On the etymology
- CN (i)xka (Car.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
vt - ishka
Ramírez (2004) · p. 47 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- tostar, asar
- English
- bake, roast
- As printed
- ishka — tostar, asar — bake, roast
- ishka
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- asar
- Spanish
- tostar
- English
- bake ; roast ; toast
- presente
- kishka
- imperativo
- shikishka
- reflexivo
- muishka
verbo transitivotashkal
tashkalua
- Spanish
- tortear
- English
- make tortillas
verbo inacusativo - -Ishkain nahuat.com's standard spelling: Ishka
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- asar
verbo transitivo- As printed
- -Ishka asar
- ishka
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- asar, rostizar, cocinar en seco, hornear. Niu nikishka chupi nunakaw tik ne tekunal. Voy a asar en las brasas la carne. Nikishka ne pan. Horneo el pan. [2]
v tr.- As printed
- ishka v tr. asar, rostizar, cocinar en seco, hornear. Niu nikishka chupi nunakaw tik ne tekunal. Voy a asar en las brasas la carne. Nikishka ne pan. Horneo el pan. [2]
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- 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
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)