kutejku
intransitive verb/ku·tej·ku/
Meanings
- 1
to get on, mount, climb up (onto an animal, a vehicle, a tree)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951)
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- kutejkut
- preterite
- kutejkuk,nikutejkuk
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcocutejcuKing's standard: kutejkumontar
- NahuizalcocutejcuKing's standard: kutejkumontar, subir
- IzalcoteχkuKing's standard: kutejkusubir, trepar
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Cutejcunahuat.com's standard: kutejkuMontar
- No townKutejkusubirse, montarse (al vehículo, a la bestia)
- No townkutejkumontar, montarse (a un carro), subirse (a un animal), trepar, subir (no tan alto, sin ayuda), escalar.
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
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)