cactiin Alan King's standard spelling: kakti
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- caite, sandalia
- Note
- Arauz: m.
- Meaning (Spanish)
- caites, sandalias
- Note
- Arauz: m. pl.
kakti
noun/kak·ti/
Nantzin Elsa López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat
Meanings
- 1
sandal; footwear
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Ramírez (2002)
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- kajtirecorded in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953)
Forms
- plural
- kajkakti · Sources: Aráuz (1960), Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Nantzin Elsa López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Tatiana Flores de Constante · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- cajtiin Alan King's standard spelling: kakti
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- sandalia
- kak-tiin Alan King's standard spelling: kakti
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- caite
- Spanish
- huarache
- Spanish
- sandalia
- English
- sandal
- Possessed
- -kak
- Example
- nu-kak
- my sandal(s)
- On the etymology
- CN kaktli (Car.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Plural
- kahkakti
- Pronunciation
- [gahgakti?]
- kakti
Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- caites, calzado
- Example
- Ne taksaya ipal ne tuikshi, yaja itukay kakti.
- kakti
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- zapato
- Spanish
- 'caite'
- English
- shoe ; sandal
- Example
- Tiktaliat tukak
- Nos ponemos los zapatos.
- posesivo
- -kak
sustantivo - Kakti
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Possessed
- -kak
- Spanish
- calzado (zapato, sandalia, etc)
- As printed
- Kakti/ -kak calzado (zapato, sandalia, etc)
- kakti
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- 1. nukak caite, calzado, sandalia, chancleta, zapato 2. pata palmeada (de pato). Ne ikajkak ne patush. Las palmas del pato.
sus.- As printed
- kakti sus. 1. nukak caite, calzado, sandalia, chancleta, zapato 2. pata palmeada (de pato). Ne ikajkak ne patush. Las palmas del pato.
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Ramírez, Nawat vocabulary (2002)
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)