kunakas
noun/ku·na·kas/
Meanings
- 1
guanacaste tree, elephant-ear tree
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- kujkunakas · Sources: Campbell (1985)
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcocunacasKing's standard: kunakascorotu o jinacuave
- Izalcokunakasconacaste
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánku:nakasKing's standard: kunakastree sp.
- No townKunakasconacaste (bot)
- No townkunakas[Enterolobium] conacaste.
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
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)