-tamia
transitive verb/ta·mi·a/
Meanings
- 1
to finish, end, use up (something)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- niktamia,tiktamia
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Nahuizalcotamiaacabar, terminar
- Nahuizalcotamiaacabar, terminar
- IzalcotamKing's standard: tamiaterminar
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmántamiato finish, to end, to use up
- No town-tamianahuat.com's standard: tamiaterminar
- No town-Tamianahuat.com's standard: Tamiaterminar, acabar; exterminar
- No towntamiaterminar, concluir. Niu niktamia 60 shiwit Voy a cumplir 60 años [4]
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
- King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)