Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- moler, pasta
- Note
- Arauz: a.
- Alan King's note
- For 'pasta' I would expect tishti.
- Form (inferred by King)
- tijtisi
- Meaning (Spanish)
- pastas
- Note
- Arauz: f. pl.
/ti·si/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
to grind (something)-tisitransitive verb
Tiktisit wan asujkal iwan kanela, tikchat tishti chukulat, tikmanat iwan at kwakwalaka, tikmaliat pal tikunit.
We grind it with sugar and cinnamon, make chocolate paste, cook it in boiling water and beat it to drink.
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
to grind, to do the grindingintransitive verb
Nitisi ka nunan tesu kineki tisi.
I do the grinding because my mother doesn't like to grind.
Documented in Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
King (2011a) · No town
Hernández (2019) · No town
Ordóñez (2026) · No town