-tukey

Meanings

1. name

   Ken mutukey?

   What is your name?

   Nutukey Victor.

   My name is Victor.

   Documented in Nahuizalco, Izalco, Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

   Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011a), King (2011b), Cárcamo et al. (2023), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

The hyphen marks a word never said alone: it always takes a possessive prefix: nu- my · mu- your · i- his or her

Variants

variant

-tukayrecorded in Santo Domingo de Guzmán

Forms

possessed form

nutukeyfirst person singular possessormutukeysecond person singular possessoritukeythird person singular possessornutukayfirst person singular possessor, mutukaysecond person singular possessor, itukaythird person singular possessorrecorded in Santo Domingo de Guzmán

In the texts

• itukay27 times
• nutukay5 times
• mutukay2 times
• itukeyonce

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
• 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
• Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
• Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
• Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)