tunalku
noun/tu·nal·ku/
Meanings
- 1
dry season, summer
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
midsummer dry spell (in the rainy season)
Used only in Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Campbell (1985), Ordóñez (2026)
In the texts
- tunalku10 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcotunalcoKing's standard: tunalkuestío
- Izalcotunalkuestación de sol
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmántu:nalkuKing's standard: tunalkusummer, dry season
- Santo Domingo de Guzmántunalkusummer, dry season
- No townTunalkuverano
- No towntunalku1. verano, época seca. 2. canícula, pausa de lluvia en invierno. [Cuis.]
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
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)