Nahuat

kushtal

noun

/kush·tal/

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

Meanings

  1. 1

    sack, gunny sack

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
kujkushtalSources: Campbell (1985)
possessed form
nukushtalSources: Campbell (1985)

Pronunciation

In the texts

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

  • cushtalin Alan King's standard spelling: kushtal

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    costal, saco
  • kuštalin Alan King's standard spelling: kushtal

    Schultze Jena (1935), King's index · Izalco

    Spanish
    costal
  • kuxta:lin Alan King's standard spelling: kushtal

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    costal
    English
    gunny-sack
    Possessed
    -kuxta:l
    Example
    nu-kuxta:l
    my gunny-sack
    Plural
    kuhkuxta:l
    Borrowed
    Sp
    Etymology
    costal
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Variant
    kuxta:l
    Pronunciation
    [gu:xtał], [guxta:ł]
    Diminutive
    kuxta:l-chn "small gunny-sack" (-tsin/-chin 'diminutive')
    Example
    kuxta:l ombrón
    large gunny-sack
  • kushtal

    King (2011a) · No town

    sustantivo
    Spanish
    saco
    Spanish
    costal
    English
    sack
    diminutivo
    kushtalchin
    Borrowed
    español "costal"
  • Kushtal

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    costal, saco
    As printed
    Kushtal costal, saco
  • kushtal

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    costal, saco, marsupio.
    As printed
    kushtal sus. costal, saco, marsupio.

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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
  • King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)