tekuyu
noun/te·ku·yu/
Meanings
- 1
owner, master
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), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- tejtekuyu · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index
- possessed form
- itekuyu · Sources: Baratta (1951)
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcotecuyuKing's standard: tekuyudueño
- NahuizalcotecuyuKing's standard: tekuyudueño
- Izalcotekuyupropietario
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Itecuyunahuat.com's standard: itekuyuDueño
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán-te:kuyuKing's standard: tekuyuowner
- No town-Tekuyunahuat.com's standard: Tekuyudueño
- No towntekuyudueño, propietario, señor, jefe. Su ne tekuyu, niu niknutza su nechtakulia sejsé kajkamuj. Si es el dueño, le voy a hablar a ver si me regala algunas yucas.
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
- 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)