Nahuat

tzuntekumat

noun

/tzun·te·ku·mat/

Meanings

  1. 1

    skull

    Documented in ,

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

In the texts

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

  • tsuntekumatin Alan King's standard spelling: tzuntekumat

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    calavera
    Alan King's note
    Cf. tzuntekun.
  • tsun-tekuma-tin Alan King's standard spelling: tzuntekumat

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    calavera
    Spanish
    cabeza
    Spanish
    calavera
    Spanish
    espanto
    English
    skull, head, The Skull (spook)
    Possessed
    -tsuntekun
    Example
    i-tsuntekun
    her head, skull
    See also
    tsun- 'head', tekuma-t "bottle gourd"
    On the etymology
    CN tzontecomatl (Sim.) cabeza separada del cuerpo, cabeza
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Variant
    -tsun-tekun
  • tzuntekumat

    King (2011a) · No town

    sustantivo
    Spanish
    calavera (un espanto)
    English
    skull (evil spirit)
    Example
    Nechilwij nutatanoy ka nin tik tutechan kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat Tzuntekumat
    Mi abuelo me contó que aquí en nuestro pueblo sale un animal que ellos llaman “Tzuntekumat”.
    posesivo
    tzuntekun
    Etymology
    tzun-
    Etymology
    tekumat
    tzuntekun
    sustantivo siempre poseído
    Spanish
    cabeza
    English
    head
    Example
    Niktali ijpak nutzuntekun ne kwawit
    Puse en mi cabeza la leña (para llevarla).
    Example
    Nechkukua nutzuntekun
    Me duele la cabeza.
  • Tzuntekumat

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    calavera, cráneo
    As printed
    Tzuntekumat calavera, cráneo
  • tzuntekumat

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    calavera, cabeza, cráneo.
    As printed
    tzuntekumat sus. calavera, cabeza, cráneo.

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Sources

  • Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)