Nahuat

kumpa

noun

/kum·pa/

Tajtzin Santos López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat

Meanings

  1. 1

    friend, companion

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
kumpawanSources: Campbell (1985), King (2011b)
possessed form
ikumpaSources: Campbell (1985)ikumpawanSources: King (2011b)mukumpaSources: King (2011b)nukumpaSources: King (2011b)nukumpawanSources: King (2011b), Ordóñez (2026)

Pronunciation

In the texts

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

  • cumpain Alan King's standard spelling: kunpa

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    compañero
  • Cumpain nahuat.com's standard spelling: kumpa

    Baratta (1951) · p. 287 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Amigo, compañero
    As printed
    Amigo, compañero — Cumpa
  • Cumpain nahuat.com's standard spelling: kumpa

    Baratta (1951) · p. 288 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Compañero, camarada
    As printed
    Compañero, camarada — Cumpa
  • -kumpain Alan King's standard spelling: kunpa

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Spanish
    compañero
    Spanish
    compañera
    English
    companion, friend
    Example
    i-kumpa
    his companion
    Pronunciation
    [igumpa?]
    Plural
    -kumpa-wan
    Borrowed
    Sp
    Etymology
    (?) compaero
  • kunpa

    Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Spanish
    compañero
    Example
    Kwak se yawi tik se ujti wan kwika ukse, kunij muina ka kwika ikunpa.
  • -kunpain nahuat.com's standard spelling: kunpa

    King (2011b) · p. 160 · No town

    Spanish
    amigo
    Reference
    9
    As printed
    -kunpa amigo 9
  • nukunpawan

    King (2011b) · p. 44 · No town

    Spanish
    mis amigos, mis cheros
    Main entry
    kunpa
    Reference
    10
    As printed
    nukunpawan — mis amigos, mis cheros
  • -kunpawanin nahuat.com's standard spelling: kunpawan

    King (2011b) · p. 42 · No town

    Spanish
    amigos
    Main entry
    kunpa
    Reference
    9
    As printed
    -kunpawan — amigos
  • -Kumpain nahuat.com's standard spelling: Kumpa

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Possessed
    (kuj)
    Possessed
    -wan
    sustantivo inalienable

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    compañero, amigo

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    compadre
    As printed
    -Kumpa, (kuj) -wan 1.compañero, amigo; 2.compadre
  • kunpa

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    nukunpawan, nukujkunpawan (pl) compañero, amigo, colega Ikujkunpa iteku ne pijpipil El compadre del papa de los niños
    As printed
    kunpa sus. nukunpawan, nukujkunpawan (pl) compañero, amigo, colega Ikujkunpa iteku ne pijpipil El compadre del papa de los niños

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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)
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)