huettzcain Alan King's standard spelling: wetzka
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- reir
- Note
- Arauz: n. y r.
wetzka
intransitive verb/wetz·ka/
Meanings
- 1
to laughintransitive verb
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ordóñez (2026)
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
laughternoun
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)
Forms
- present
- niwetzka · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- preterite
- wetzkak · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985)
- perfect
- wetzkatuk · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
- wetzka4 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- uetzcain Alan King's standard spelling: wetzka
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- reir
wetzka tech
- Spanish
- reirse de
- uetzcatin Alan King's standard spelling: wetzkat
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- risa
- Alan King's note
- prob. verbal 'they laugh'
- uetskin Alan King's standard spelling: wetzka
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- reir
- Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
- wetzka
- Preterite (inferred by King)
- wetzkak
- Perfect (inferred by King)
- wetzatuk
- Huetzcain nahuat.com's standard spelling: wetzka
Baratta (1951) · p. 293 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Reír
- As printed
- Reír — Huetzca
- Uetzcatin nahuat.com's standard spelling: wetzkat
Baratta (1951) · p. 293 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Risa
- As printed
- Risa — Uetzcat
- wetskain Alan King's standard spelling: wetzka
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- reirse
- English
- to laugh
- pres.
- wetska
- Example
- ni-wetska
- I'm laughing
- pret.
- wetska-k
- perf.
- wetska-tuk
- See also
- wetska (n.) "laugh, laughter"
- On the etymology
- CN wetska (Car.) reirse
vi - wetskain Alan King's standard spelling: wetzka
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- risa
- English
- laugh, laughter
- See also
- wetska "to laugh"
n - wetzka
Ordóñez (2026) · Cuisnahuat
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Cuis.)
- Definition
- reírse. Kwakuni pejki wetzka ne chulet: "uni inté." Entonces empezó a reírse el señor: "esto no". [2]
vi.ajajwetzka
- Definition
- carcajearse.
vi.ajkawetzka
- Definition
- burlarse riéndose, reírse con la boca abierta.
vi.awetzka
- Definition
- reírse con burla, burlarse, reírse.
vi.ishwejwetzka
- Definition
- sonreír, ponerse a reír.
vi.ishwetzka
- Definition
- alegrarse, sonreir.
vi.- As printed
- wetzka [Cuis.] vi. reírse. Kwakuni pejki wetzka ne chulet: "uni inté." Entonces empezó a reírse el señor: "esto no". •ajajwetzka vi. carcajearse. •ajkawetzka vi. burlarse riéndose, reírse con la boca abierta. •awetzka vi. reírse con burla, burlarse, reírse. •ishwejwetzka vi. sonreír, ponerse a reír. •ishwetzka vi. alegrarse, sonreir. [2]
- Wetzka
Hernández (2019) · No town
Sense 1
- Spanish
- reír, reírse
wetzka mutech
- Spanish
- reirse de ti
Sense 2
- Spanish
- burlarse
Sense 3
- Spanish
- risa
- As printed
- Wetzka 1.reír, reírse/ wetzka mutech: reirse de ti; 2.burlarse; 3.risa
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
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)