Nahuat

-shipewa

transitive verb

/shi·pe·wa/

Meanings

  1. 1

    to peel, husk, skin

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

perfect
shipewtukSources: Todd (1953)
reflexive
mushipewa
object-less form
tashipewaSources: Todd (1953), Campbell (1985)

In the texts

The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.

  • NahuizalcoxipehuaKing's standard: shipewadesollar, pelar
  • NahuizalcoshipehguaKing's standard: shipewapelar
  • IzalcošipeuKing's standard: shipewapelar
  • Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánxi:pe:waKing's standard: shipewato peel, to remove the skin, bark, shell
  • Santo Domingo de Guzmánta-xi:pewaKing's standard: tashipewato peel, to remove the skin, bark, shell, to be peeling
  • No town-Shipewanahuat.com's standard: Shipewapelar, destuzar, descascarar, desollar
  • No townshipewapelar (cáscara), desollar (animal), descascarar (semilla), descubrir. Ne pelu kishijshipewa iten. El perro pela la trompa. Tikshipewat ne sinti. Le quitamos la tuza al maíz. [3]

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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)