tesis, tesistiin Alan King's standard spelling: teksisti
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- huevo, huevos
- Note
- Arauz: m.
- Alan King's note
- Ar. presents the silly idea that tesis is sg. and tesisti is pl.
teksisti
noun/tek·sis·ti/
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
egg
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- tesistirecorded in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
Forms
- plural
- tejteksisti · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985)
- possessed form
- -teksis · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953)
Pronunciation
teksisti
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
-teksis
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- tejteksisti6 times
- teksisti6 times
- teksistichichinonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- teczizin Alan King's standard spelling: teksisti
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- huevo
- Spanish
- teczizte
teksis
- Spanish
- huevo
- teksisti
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- huevo
- Form (inferred by King)
- tejteksisti, -tejteksis
teksistichichin
- Spanish
- huevecitos, testículos
- teksis-tiin Alan King's standard spelling: teksisti
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- huevo
- Spanish
- testículo
- English
- egg, testicle
- Possessed
- -teksis
- Example
- i-teksis
- its egg, its testicle
- See also
- i-teksis-kuyame-t "cojón tree"
- On the etymology
- CN cf. te:ksistli (Car.) caracol
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Plural
- tehteksisti
- Example
- i-teksis ne tihlan
- chicken's egg
- Example
- i-teksis
- its egg, its testicle
- teksisti
Ramírez (2004) · p. 50 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- huevo
- English
- egg
- As printed
- teksisti — huevo — egg
- teksisti
King (2011b) · p. 163 · No town
- Spanish
- huevo
- Reference
- 24
- As printed
- teksisti huevo 24
- Teksisti
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Possessed
- -teksis
Sense 1
- Spanish
- huevo
Sense 2
- Spanish
- testículo
- As printed
- Teksisti, -teksis 1.huevo, 2.testículo
- teksisti
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- nuteksis huevo. Itech ne tejtet takatit ne tejteksistichichín. Sobre las piedras nacen los huevitos.
sus.- As printed
- teksisti sus. nuteksis huevo. Itech ne tejtet takatit ne tejteksistichichín. Sobre las piedras nacen los huevitos.
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
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)