-pitza
transitive verb/pi·tza/
Meanings
- 1
to blow (a whistle or flute)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), 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, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- kipitza,nikpitza
- object-less form
- tapitza · Sources: Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcopittzaKing's standard: pitzapitar
- Nahuizalcopitzapitar
- IzalcopitsKing's standard: pitzapitar
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánpitsaKing's standard: pitzato blow a whistle (to blow)
- Santo Domingo de GuzmántapitsaKing's standard: tapitzato blow a whistle, to be blowing
- No townPitzapitar, soplar (flauta, pito)
- No townTapitzaf.int de -Pitza
- No townpitzapitar, soplar pito, soplar (para que suene). [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)