kutuna
verb/ku·tu·na/
Meanings
- 1
to cut, cut up (with a knife or machete)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- kikutuna,tikutunat
- preterite
- kikutun · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- perfect
- kikutuntuk · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- imperative
- shikutuna
In the texts
- tikutunat2 times
- kikutunaonce
- niu-nikutunaonce
- tiu-tikutunatonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcocutunaKing's standard: kutunapartir
- NahuizalcocutunaKing's standard: kutunacortar
- Izalcoku-tunKing's standard: kutunacortar
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánkutu:naKing's standard: kutunato cut; to cut, to cut up
- Santo Domingo de Guzmánkutunacut
- No townKutunacortar, hacer cortadura (con cuchillo); talar; herir; partir
- No townkutunacortar, hacer cortadura, pedacear, acortar. Kikutuna ne shinach, ne kushun. Esterilizar, capar. Su nikpia se shuchit, niweli nikutuna wan nikwika. Melka taja tesu tiweli tikwika ne sijsital! Si tengo una flor puedo cortarla y llevarmela. ¡Pero vos no podés llevarte las estrellas! Wan kan tamik kikutuna, yajki kinnawatia ne yejyekmet ka tamik kimewa ne tatuk. Y al terminar de cortar, fue a avisarle a los buenos que había terminado de limpiar las milpas. [3]
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
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)