-muta
transitive verb/mu·ta/
Meanings
- 1
to throw, hurl (something)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- preterite
- mutak · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- perfect
- mutatuk · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
- mutamuta2 times
- shiktamuta2 times
- niktamutaonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Nahuizalco-mutaKing's standard: mutaarrojar
- IzalcomutKing's standard: mutapropulsar
- Santo Domingo de Guzmánmu:taKing's standard: mutato throw at, to heave
- No townmutathrow ; eject
- No town-Mutanahuat.com's standard: Mutaaventar, tirar, arrojar; echar; disparar
- No townmutaarrojar, aventar, tirar, botar, dejar caer. Nikmuta ayuj tik ne iayu. Le echo ayote a la sopa. [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
- 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)