cukein Alan King's standard spelling: kuke
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- garrobo
kuke
noun/ku·ke/
Meanings
- 1
spiny-tailed iguana
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Hernández (2019), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ramírez (2002), Hernández (2019)
Sources: Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Kuke
Hernández (2019) · Nahuizalco, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- garrobo
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Nahuizalco (WN)
- As printed
- Kuke garrobo (WN)
- Cúquein nahuat.com's standard spelling: kuke
Baratta (1951) · p. 290 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Garrobo
- As printed
- Garrobo — Cúque
- ku:kein Alan King's standard spelling: kuke
Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Spanish
- iguana
- Spanish
- garrobo
- Spanish
- guexpo
- Pronunciation
- [gu:ge?]
- English
- iguana
- On the etymology
- CN cuetzpalli (Sim.) glotón, lagartija (iguana); PN *kwëts-
- See also
- (C) ku:ketspal
- kuke
Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- garrobo
- Example
- Se kojtan takwalmet itukay kuke.
- kuke
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- iguana, garrobo. Kipia ne itejteksis ne siwakuke Tiene los huevos la iguana
sus.- As printed
- kuke sus. iguana, garrobo. Kipia ne itejteksis ne siwakuke Tiene los huevos la iguana
Sources
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Ramírez, Nawat vocabulary (2002)
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)