Nahuat

-wiwita

transitive verb

/wi·wi·ta/

Nantzin Nicomedes García (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat

Meanings

  1. 1

    to pull out, to pluck

    Documented in , , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

present
tikwiwitatpluralSources: Schultze Jena (1935)tikwiwitaSources: Ordóñez (2026)
preterite
kiwiwitakSources: Aráuz (1960), Campbell (1985)nikwiwitkiSources: Campbell (1985)
perfect
kiwiwitatukSources: Aráuz (1960), Campbell (1985)
imperative
shikwiwitaSources: Ordóñez (2026)
object-less form
tawiwitaSources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985)

Pronunciation

In the texts

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

  • huihuitain Alan King's standard spelling: wiwita

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    arrancar
    Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
    -wiwita
    Preterite (inferred by King)
    -wiwitak
    Perfect (inferred by King)
    -wiwitatuk
    Inaccusative (inferred by King)
    tawiwita
    Emphatic (inferred by King)
    ti[k]wiwitaka
    Note
    Arauz: a
  • uiuitain Alan King's standard spelling: wiwita

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    arrancar
  • uitin Alan King's standard spelling: wiwita

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    arrancar
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    niwiwita (?) tikwiwitat
    Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
    -wiwita(kan)
    Inaccusative (inferred by King)
    tawiwita
    Alan King's note
    Perhaps Sch misheard nikw- as niw-.
  • wiwita

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    vt
    Spanish
    arrancar
    Definition
    hierba
    English
    to pull out (plants), to uproot
    pres.
    wiwita
    pret.
    wiwit-ki
    Example
    ni-k-wiwit-ki
    I pulled it out
    perf.
    wiwit-tuk
    On the etymology
    CN uiuitla (Sim.) arrancar, coger, desplumar
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Spanish
    arrancar
    Spanish
    desplumar
    English
    to pull out, to uproot; to pluck (feathers)
    pret.
    wiwita-k
    perf.
    wiwita-tuk
    See also
    ta-wiwita "to be pulling out"
  • ta-wiwitain Alan King's standard spelling: tawiwita

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Function
    unspec. obj.
    vt
    Spanish
    arrancar
    Spanish
    desplumar
    English
    to pull out, to pluck (feathers), to be pulling (something) out
    See also
    ta- 'unspec. obj.', wiwita "to pull out, to pluck"
  • -Wiwitain nahuat.com's standard spelling: Wiwita

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    verbo transitivo

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    arrancar, desarraigar

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    desyerbar; desplumar

    Sense 3

    Spanish
    desconectar
    As printed
    -Wiwita 1.arrancar, desarraigar, 2.desyerbar; desplumar; 3.desconectar
  • kuyul

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Scientific name
    Acrocomia vinifera oerstd
    Definition
    [Acrocomia vinifera oerstd.] coyol (fruto y árbol). Kuyul tapantuk, kuyul kikwajtuk Coyol quebrado, coyol comido Shu shikwiwita ne siete iraíz ne kuyul. Andá a arrancar las siete raíces del coyol.
    As printed
    kuyul sus. [Acrocomia vinifera oerstd.] coyol (fruto y árbol). Kuyul tapantuk, kuyul kikwajtuk Coyol quebrado, coyol comido Shu shikwiwita ne siete iraíz ne kuyul. Andá a arrancar las siete raíces del coyol.
  • wiwita

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    v tr.
    Definition
    arrancar, desplumar, extraer; desconectar (un cable). Kan tiapsulwia ne tijlan, neman tikwiwita ne iujujmiyu. Al echarle el agua caliente a la gallina, le arrancás sus plumas. [1]
    ewiwita
    vi.
    Definition
    recojer o arrancar frijoles.
    tzinwiwita
    v tr.
    Definition
    arrancar la raíz de.
    As printed
    wiwita v tr. arrancar, desplumar, extraer; desconectar (un cable). Kan tiapsulwia ne tijlan, neman tikwiwita ne iujujmiyu. Al echarle el agua caliente a la gallina, le arrancás sus plumas. •ewiwita vi. recojer o arrancar frijoles. •tzinwiwita v tr. arrancar la raíz de. [1]

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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
  • 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)