-tennamiki
transitive verb/ten·na·mi·ki/
Meanings
- 1
to kiss; to venerate (a saint)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- kitennamiket
- perfect
- tennamiktuk · Sources: Aráuz (1960)
- object-less form
- tatennamiki · Sources: Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)
In the texts
- tatennamikitonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcotennamictucKing's standard: tennamikibesar
- Nahuizalcotennamikibesar
- Izalcoten-namigKing's standard: tennamikibesar, adorar
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Tenamijquinahuat.com's standard: tenamijkiBesar
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánta-te:nna:mikiKing's standard: tatennamikito kiss, to worship, to venerate (a saint), to be kissing, worshipping; to kiss, to be kissing
- Cuisnahuatte:nna:mikiKing's standard: tennamikito kiss, to worship, to venerate (a saint)
- No townTatennamikiestar besando; venerar, adorar
- No town-Tennamikinahuat.com's standard: Tennamikibesar; adorar
- No towntennamikibesar, adorar, venerar. Sanuk tejemet tiktennamiktiwit ne Tunantzin Maria. Hasta ahora hemos venerado a Nuestra Madre María. [2, 3]
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)