kwakwalaka
intransitive verb/kwa·kwa·la·ka/
Meanings
- 1
to boil, be boiling
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
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- preterite
- kwakwalakak
In the texts
- kwakwalaka3 times
- kwakwalakakonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcoguagualacaKing's standard: kwakwalakahervir
- NahuizalcocuacualacaKing's standard: kwakwalakahervir
- IzalcokuakualakaKing's standard: kwakwalakaestar hirviendo
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánkwakwalakato boil; it has already boiled
- No townKwakwalakaestarse hirviendo, borboteando, burbujeando
- No townkwakwalakahervir, estar hirviendo, borbotear, burbujear. [2]
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)