Nahuat

temu

intransitive verb

/te·mu/

Meanings

  1. 1

    to go down, to come down

    Documented in , , , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

present
nitemuSources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
preterite
temukSources: Aráuz (1960), King (2011a)
perfect
temutukSources: Ordóñez (2026)

In the texts

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

  • temusin Alan King's standard spelling: temu

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    bajar
    Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
    temu
    Preterite (inferred by King)
    temuk
  • temu

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    bajar
  • temu

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    bajar
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    ni-, ti-
    Alan King's note
    Sch also notes temuli (sub "temul") as an intransitive verb apparently meaning the same as temu. There is no trace of it in his corpus or anywhere else that I know of.
  • Temu

    Baratta (1951) · p. 287 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Bajar
    As printed
    Bajar — Temu, Temulti
  • temu

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    vi
    Spanish
    bajarse
    English
    to descend, to come down, to get down, to get off
    pres.
    temu
    Example
    ni-temu
    I'm getting down
    pret.
    temu-k
    perf.
    temu-tuk
    See also
    (w)altemu "to come down",
    Example
    temultia
    to lower
    Usage (Nahuat)
    se:ntemu
    Usage
    to come down together
    See also
    temu a:-t "for water to run"
    On the etymology
    CN temo (Car.) bajar; PN *temo(wa)
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
  • temu

    Ramírez (2004) · p. 50 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Spanish
    bajar
    English
    go down
    As printed
    temu — bajar — go down
  • temu

    King (2011a) · No town

    verbo intransitivo
    Spanish
    bajar
    Spanish
    descender
    English
    descend ; get down
    Example
    Kwakuni temuk ne ishulejyu wan inak...
    Entonces bajó el marido y dijo...
    Example
    Ne kupak ne kan temu ne takwal
    La garganta es por donde baja la comida.
    presente
    temu, nitemu
    pretérito
    temuk
    al-temu
    verbo intransitivo direccional
    Spanish
    bajar acá
    English
    come down
    presente
    waltemu, naltemu
    kutemu
    verbo intransitivo
    Spanish
    bajarse
    English
    climb down
    presente
    kutemu, nikutemu
    pretérito
    kutemuk
    Etymology
    ku-
    Etymology
    temu
    temultia
    verbo causativo
    Spanish
    bajar
    Spanish
    llevar para abajo
    English
    take down ; lower
    presente
    kitemultia, niktemultia
    reflexivo
    mutemultia
    al-temultia
    verbo causativo direccional
    Spanish
    bajar acá, traer para abajo
    English
    bring down
    presente
    kaltemultia, naltemultia
    subjuntivo
    -altemulti
  • temu

    King (2011b) · p. 163 · No town

    Spanish
    bajar, descender
    Reference
    32
    As printed
    temu bajar, descender 32
  • Temu

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    bajar, descender
    temu ne at
    Spanish
    correr el agua
    As printed
    Temu bajar, descender/ temu ne at: correr el agua
  • temu

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    vi.
    Definition
    bajar, descender; correr (agua). Te temutuk ne at an 3 tunal. No ha caído el agua desde hace 3 días.
    kutemu
    vi.
    Definition
    apearse (rápido), bajarse, bajar (con dificultad, sin la ayuda de nada, poco).
    sentemu
    vi.
    Definition
    bajar juntos.
    As printed
    temu vi. bajar, descender; correr (agua). Te temutuk ne at an 3 tunal. No ha caído el agua desde hace 3 días. •kutemu vi. apearse (rápido), bajarse, bajar (con dificultad, sin la ayuda de nada, poco). •sentemu vi. bajar juntos.

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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
  • Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
  • 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, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)