taquettzalin Alan King's standard spelling: taketzal
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- horcon
- Note
- Arauz: m.
taketzal
noun/ta·ke·tzal/
Meanings
- 1
forked house post
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- talkesalrecorded in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953)
Forms
- plural
- tajtaketzal · Sources: Campbell (1985)
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- talkezalin Alan King's standard spelling: taketzal
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- horcon
- Talquezálshin nahuat.com's standard spelling: talkesal
Baratta (1951) · p. 290 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Horcón
- As printed
- Horcón — Talquezálsh
- taketsalin Alan King's standard spelling: taketzal
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- horcón
- Spanish
- poste de casa
- Pronunciation
- [tagetsal]
- English
- forked house-pole
- Plural
- tahtaketsal
- See also
- ta- 'unspec. obj.', ketsa "to stand, to raise", -l 'passive nominalization'
- On the etymology
- CN tlaquetzalli (Sim.) columna, pilar, cuadrado de madera
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Taketzal
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- horcón
- As printed
- Taketzal horcón
- taketzal
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- horcón.
sus.- As printed
- taketzal sus. horcón.
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- 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)