Nahuat

kusma

noun

/kus·ma/

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

Meanings

  1. 1

    vulture

    Documented in ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Variants

variant
kusmatrecorded in

Forms

plural
kujkusmaSources: Campbell (1985)

Pronunciation

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

  • cusmain Alan King's standard spelling: kusma

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    gallinazo, zopilote
    Note
    Arauz: m. Zool.
  • cusmath, cuzmain Alan King's standard spelling: kusma

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    sopilote zopilote
    Alan King's note
    also kusmat
  • Kusma

    Hernández (2019) · Cuisnahuat, Nahuizalco

    Possessed
    -jmet
    Spanish
    zopilote
    Town
    Nahuizalco, Cuisnahuat (NK)
    As printed
    Kusma/ -jmet zopilote (NK)
  • kusma

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    zopilote
    Pronunciation
    [kusma?]
    English
    buzzard (vulture)
    Plural
    kuhkusma
    On the etymology
    forms such as kusma and kuxma are widely borrowed among several languages of Central America; this Pipil word is ultimately from one of these; cf. Sumu kusma, Matagalpa kuxma, etc.
  • kusma

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    Variant
    kusman
    sus.
    Scientific name
    Coragyps atratus
    Definition
    [Coragyps atratus] zopilote cabeza gris común.
    As printed
    kusma, kusman sus. [Coragyps atratus] zopilote cabeza gris común.

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Sources

  • Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
  • 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)