-pejpena
transitive verb/pej·pe·na/
Meanings
- 1
to pick up (one by one), glean, peck
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- -pepenarecorded in Izalco
Forms
- present
- nikinpejpena
- preterite
- kipejpenki
In the texts
- kipejpenkionce
- nikinpejpenaonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Nahuizalcopejpenarecoger
- IzalcopenKing's standard: pejpenarecoger
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de GuzmánpehpenaKing's standard: pejpenato pick, to peck, to pick up
- No town-Pejpenanahuat.com's standard: Pejpenarecoger, levantar, pepenar; retomar
- No townpejpenapepenar, recoger, picotear, espigar. Shikpejpena nupal; niu nikpejpena ne tay wetzki Recogémelo; voy a recoger lo que se ha caído [3]
Sources
- 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)