Nahuat

-tuka

transitive verb

/tu·ka/

Nantzin Fidelina Cortes (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat

Meanings

  1. 1

    to sow, to plant

    Documented in , , , ,

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

  2. 2

    to bury

    Documented in , ,

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

Forms

present
tiktukatpluralSources: Schultze Jena (1935), King (2011a)kitukaSources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King (2011a)niktukaSources: King (2011a), Ordóñez (2026)
preterite
kitukaketpluralSources: Schultze Jena (1935)kitukakSources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
perfect
kitukatukSources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
reflexive
mutukaSources: Schultze Jena (1935), King (2011a)
object-less form
tatukaSources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019)

Pronunciation

tuka

tatuka

In the texts

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

  • quituca, titucain Alan King's standard spelling: tuka

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    enterrar, sembrar
    Alan King's note
    tituka for tiktuka or for tatuka
    tukachin
    Spanish
    arañita
    Note
    Arauz: dim. f.
  • tuhgain Alan King's standard spelling: tuka

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    enterrar
    tatuka
    Spanish
    sembrar
  • tugin Alan King's standard spelling: tuka

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    enterrar, sembrar
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    nik-, tik-, shik-, nita-, timetztukaket
    Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
    -tuka, -tukakan
    Preterite (inferred by King)
    -tukak, -tukaket
    Perfect (inferred by King)
    -tukatuk
    Future (inferred by King)
    tu-tatuka, tiu-tiktukat
    Inaccusative (inferred by King)
    tatuka
    Reflexive (inferred by King)
    mutuka
  • Tatuhgain nahuat.com's standard spelling: tatuka

    Baratta (1951) · p. 293 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Sembrar
    As printed
    Sembrar — Tatuhga, tuca
  • tucain nahuat.com's standard spelling: tuka

    Baratta (1951) · p. 293 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Sembrar
    As printed
    Sembrar — Tatuhga, tuca
  • tu:kain Alan King's standard spelling: tuka

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    vt
    Spanish
    enterrar
    Spanish
    sembrar
    English
    to bury, to plant
    pres.
    tu:ka
    pret.
    tu:ka-k
    perf.
    tu:ka-tuk
    Example
    ti-k-tu:ka-tiwi-t
    we have planted it, we have buried him
    See also
    ta-tu:ka "to plant, to be planting", ma:tu:ka "to touch, to feel"
    On the etymology
    CN to:ka (Car.) enterrar, sembrar; PN *to:ka
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
  • tuka

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

    Spanish
    sembrar
    English
    to plant
    As printed
    tuka — sembrar — to plant
  • tuka

    King (2011a) · No town

    verbo transitivo

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    enterrar
    English
    bury

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    sembrar
    Spanish
    plantar
    English
    plant
    Example
    Niaw niktuka et
    Voy a sembrar frijoles.
    Example
    Ijtik ne shupan mutuka ne kakawat
    En el invierno se siembra el cacao.
    Example
    Tiktukat ne mil
    Sembramos la milpa.
    presente
    kituka, niktuka
    pretérito
    -tukak
    perfecto
    -tukatuk
    subjuntivo
    -tuka, -tukakan
    reflexivo
    mutuka
    tatuka
    verbo inacusativo
    Spanish
    sembrar
    English
    sow
    Example
    Yeka ka tatuka, kipias ken panu
    Está bien que siembre, así tendrá alimento
    Example
    Yajki tai wan nema tatukak
    Fue a preparar la tierra y luego sembró.
    tatuk
    sustantivo
    Spanish
    siembra
    Spanish
    maíz plantado
    English
    planted corn ; crop
    Example
    Ne ejekat kiwaki ne tatuk
    El viento seca la siembra.
    tatukmil
    sustantivo
    Spanish
    campo sembrado
    English
    planted field
  • Tatuka

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    f.int de -Tuka
    As printed
    Tatuka f.int de -Tuka
  • -Tukain nahuat.com's standard spelling: Tuka

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    verbo transitivo

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    sembrar, plantar

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    enterrar
    As printed
    -Tuka 1.sembrar, plantar; 2.enterrar
  • tuka

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    v tr.
    Definition
    sembrar, enterrar. Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil. Preparaba la tierra para sembrar la milpa. [2]
    tatukal
    sus.
    Definition
    siembra.
    tzuntuka
    v tr.
    Definition
    agachar, meter la cabeza (esconderla).
    As printed
    tuka v tr. sembrar, enterrar. Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil. Preparaba la tierra para sembrar la milpa. •tatukal [Cuis.] sus. siembra. •tzuntuka v tr. agachar, meter la cabeza (esconderla). [2]

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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
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)