tzupelek
adjective/tzu·pe·lek/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
sweet
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972
Sources: Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Campbell, lists (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- tzupelikrecorded in Nahuizalco: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Comasagua: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcotzupelecKing's standard: tzupelekdulce
- Nahuizalco, Comasaguatsupeliknahuat.com's standard: tzupeliksweet
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmántsupe:leknahuat.com's standard: tzupeleksweet
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Tzupélecnahuat.com's standard: tzupelekDulce
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmántsupe:le-kKing's standard: tzupeleksweet
- No towntzupeleksweet
- No townTzupelekdulce
- No towntzupelekdulce. Yaja tzupelek maya ijpak wan iyulu chichik Él es hipócrita
Sources
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, dialect lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972
- 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)