-ishtapachua
transitive verb/ish·ta·pa·chu·a/
Meanings
- 1
to turn upside down, overturn, tip over
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- timushtapachuarecorded in Izalco
- preterite
- mushtapachukrecorded in Izalco
- perfect
- ishtapachijtuk · Sources: Todd (1953), Ordóñez (2026)
In the texts
- ishtapachijtuk2 times
- mushtapachukonce
- timushtapachuaonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Nahuizalcoishtapachuaembrocar
- Izalcoištapaču, ištapačiχtukKing's standard: ishtapachuaderramar
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmáni:xtapachuaKing's standard: ishtapachuato turn over, to upset, to turn upside-down
- No town-Ishtapachuanahuat.com's standard: Ishtapachuaembrocar; volcar
- No townishtapachijtukboca abajo.
- No townishtapachuaembrocar, poner boca abajo, inclinar, ladear. Shimuishtapachu! Ponete boca abajo Pero keman panutuk ne tujtunal puliwik muchi uni, ka ne pila muixtapachuj. Pero cuando pasaron los días, desaparecieron todos estos, porque la pila se embrocó. [4]
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)