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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku31Naja Ni Genaro7Achtu Taksalis1Timumachtikan!33El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos12The Pipil Language of El Salvador4
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
31 occurrences
Chapter 2
Kan waktuka, tiktaliat ijtik kumal pal shamani pal tikishtiliat ne iewayu.
p. 20 · See in the dictionary: kumal
Tiktisit wan asujkal iwan kanela, tikchat tishti chukulat, tikmanat iwan at kwakwalaka, tikmaliat pal tikunit.
p. 20
Keman seseka, mumalina ne kwechpala pal kisa ne iayu ne kwawit.
p. 22
Ne ijiswat ne kinia weli tikwit pal tikchat nakatamal.
Ne chil muiseki ijtik se kumal pal uksi.
p. 23 · See in the dictionary: kumal
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
7 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kumal
Translation
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka. Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
So when I was a boy I just carried kumals to sell (in the market). What I earned was hardly enough to pay for what I needed and to buy more kumals.
Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kumal
Translation
Yajika kwak naja nichikitik maya niksajsajsaka kumal pal niknamaka. Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.
So when I was a boy I just carried kumals to sell (in the market). What I earned was hardly enough to pay for what I needed and to buy more kumals.
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
Tik ne kenka shiwit niajki ka Honduras; tik ne shiwit 1993 niajki ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Estado Campeche); tik ne shiwit 1994 niajki ka Kojtemalan (nikwikak kukunet mijtutianit ipal ne Tenpitzak); tik ne shiwit chiknawi makwil niajki senpa ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Provinsiaj Tlashkala, ne timunamijket iwan tawawatianit tik taketzalis Metzali); wan tik ne shiwit 2000 niajki ka Paraway.
p. 14
Translation
That year I went to Honduras; in 1993 I went to Mexico (I was in the state of Campeche); in 1994 I went to Guatemala (I accompanied a junior Tempisque dance group); in 1995 I went to Mexico again (I was in the province of Tlashkala, where we met native-language-speaking craftsmen); and in 2000 I went to Paraguay.
Ñol Tit
Wan Taja, Ñol Tit, timetztajtanit ma te shitechajkawa, ka su taja tesu tinemi tuwan kunij tesu tiwelit tikishkat ne taiwan ipal ne tamal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation
We ask you, Lord Fire, not to abandon us, because if you are not with us then we shall not be able to cook the food that accompanies our tortillas.
Kenka ne tamal, su te tinemiskia taja, taiwan tikuksitiskiat?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation
And as for the tortilla, if it were not for you, how would we make it?
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
1 occurrence
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
33 occurrences
3 Ini ne tamachtiani
Ini se tamal.
p. 24 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation (Spanish)
Esto es una tortilla.
4 Tay tikneki?
8 Nikpia se mistun
Kichiwa se kumal.
p. 38 · See in the dictionary: kumal
Translation (Spanish)
Hace un comal.
9 Tay tikchiwa?
Nikchiwa tamal wan nikmana et.
p. 41 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation (Spanish)
Hago tortillas y cuezo frijoles.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
12 occurrences
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Ma' shimalti kwak (kwa) tinemi tzutawa.
p. 57 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
No te bañes cuando estés cansado.
p. 59 · Nahuizalco
Kunet, ma' shimikti ne pajpalumet, tel, pal kiuni pal te mucha mal te aka, takatiwit pal lichijchiuka ne ka wejka pal shushuchital.
p. 59 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: manel
Translation (Spanish)
Niño, no mates las mariposas, pues además, de no hacer mal alguno, han nacido para adorno de los campos y jardines.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Ashan nikneki nimaltia, ka ne at ashkan patak yek nemi, inte ijki?
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Yek maltia kwak ne at sesek.
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Ke yek nemi ne at, Katuchti, shiwi shimalti nuwan!
p. 65 · Nahuizalco
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
4 occurrences
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation
Kunij shikwa sikiera pan por ke tamal te kanaj. Shikwa pan pal panu mumayana.
"Then at least eat some bread, because there are no tortillas; eat bread so your hunger will go away."
Kunij in, ah jodido; Entonces né tesu tamal ne tay nikwajtuk, mas bien ikwi turuj nikwaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: tamal
Translation
Then he said, "oh son-of-a-bitch". "So this was not a tortilla I have eaten, nor bread, rather it was cowshit that I ate.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Sources and licenses
- Schultze Jena, Leonhard (recop.); King, Alan R. (ed.). Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku: narradores en náhuat Ynes Masin y otros. Edición en línea, enero 2012.
- Ramírez Vásquez, Genaro. Naja Ni Genaro. Edited by Alan R. King. IRIN (Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat), 2004; first electronic edition, 2013.
- Cárcamo, Héctor; Guardado, Martín; Domínguez, Ana; Aquino, Celeste; Ordóñez, Gary; Salgado, Hugo. Aprendiendo Náhuat en el Siglo 21: Achtu Taksalis. Edmonton: University of Alberta Library, 2023. https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/nawatse/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Adapted by nahuat.com.
- King, Alan R. Timumachtikan! Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. 2011.
- Aráuz, Próspero. El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos. San Salvador, El Salvador: Departamento Editorial del Ministerio de Cultura, 1960. Adapted by nahuat.com.
- Campbell, Lyle. The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton Grammar Library 1. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, 1985. Traducción al español de los textos: Mauricio Mixco, en Campbell, El Idioma Pipil (Nahuate) de El Salvador (manuscrito inédito).