Nahuat

-tzuntisi

transitive verb

/tzun·ti·si/

Meanings

  1. 1

    to grind up, to crush (coffee, rice, leaves)

    Su wetzi miktuk, kikwit chiupi iswayu wan kitzuntisit, kichat chiupi achin wan kimakat ma kiuni.

    If he falls down dead, they take a few of its leaves and grind them up, make a little water with them and give it to him to drink.

    Documented in ,

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

Related words

Related

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

  • tsun, tisin Alan King's standard spelling: tzuntisi

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    moler
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    nik-
  • tsun-tisiin Alan King's standard spelling: tzuntisi

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Function
    incorp.
    vt
    Spanish
    moler
    Definition
    p. ej. café en oro, arroz sin granza, cosas ajenas en la masa
    English
    to grind
    Definition (English)
    e.g. coffee, rice, foreign matter in the dough
    Example
    ki-tsuntisi
    (she) grinds it (foreign matter)
    See also
    tsun- 'head', tisi "to grind"
  • -Tzuntisiin nahuat.com's standard spelling: Tzuntisi

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    verbo transitivo

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    pulverizar

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    moler, triturar
    As printed
    -Tzuntisi 1.pulverizar; 2.moler, triturar
  • tzuntisi

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    v tr.
    Definition
    moler, machacar (café, arroz, hoja). Su wetzi miktuk, kikwit chiupi iswayu wan kitzuntisit, kichát chiupi achin wan kimakat ma kiuni. Si cae muerto, usan un poco de hojas y las muelen, hacen un poco de aguita y le dan a beber. [1]
    As printed
    tzuntisi v tr. moler, machacar (café, arroz, hoja). Su wetzi miktuk, kikwit chiupi iswayu wan kitzuntisit, kichát chiupi achin wan kimakat ma kiuni. Si cae muerto, usan un poco de hojas y las muelen, hacen un poco de aguita y le dan a beber. [1]

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