-kupina
transitive verb/ku·pi·na/
Meanings
- 1
to pull out, tear out; to draw (a machete)
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
- kikupina
- object-less form
- takupina · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
- kikupinaonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcocupinaKing's standard: kupinaextraer
- IzalcokupinKing's standard: kupinasacar
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánkupi:naKing's standard: kupinato pull out, to tear out, to tear off
- Cuisnahuatta-kupi:naKing's standard: takupinato pull out, to tear out
- No town-Kupinanahuat.com's standard: Kupinaarrancar; extraer; desenfundar, desenvainar
- No townkupinasacar, arrancar, mudar, extraer (para no volver a pegar), desprender. Kikupina iujmiyu; Ne kuat mukupina Despluma; La serpiente muda [3]
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)