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Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku154Naja Ni Genaro29Achtu Taksalis19Timumachtikan!93El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos32The Pipil Language of El Salvador18

King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)

154 occurrences

Chapter 1

  • Naja nimuneki pal nikua ne kulal.

    p. 19 · See in the dictionary: neki

Chapter 6

  • “Tey tikneki?”

    p. 30 · See in the dictionary: neki

  • Nikneki ma shinechili teika tikchiwtuk ne inteyek.

    p. 30 · See in the dictionary: neki

  • Kwakuni pejki asi se takat wey, pejki kineki ne lamachin, wan kan pejki kineki pejki kikwa ne takwal.

    p. 33 · See in the dictionary: neki

  • Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey ne titechchiwilijtuk.

    p. 35 · See in the dictionary: neki

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Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)

29 occurrences

Kwak Naja Nichikitik

  • Iwan ipatiw chupi naka pal nikua tay nimuneki, wan chupi pal nimukwepa nikua senpa kumal.

    p. 4 · See in the dictionary: neki

    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.

Nitamachtia Nawat

  • Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.

    p. 6

    Translation

    —Kia, nikan tikpiat se tuikaw ka yaja weli taketza Nawat. Su te ankinekit techishtiliat, kunij kia welit antaketzat iwan, wan su amejemet kinekit mumachtiat, welit anwitzet pal annemit tuwan.

    “Yes, we have a brother here who can speak Nawat. If you don’t take him away from here, then you can talk to him, and if you want to learn you may come and study with us.”

Nikpalewia Ne Nawataketzalis

  • Nimetzilwia ka su tikneki, weli titechpalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani.

    p. 8 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    —Yawi nemi se congreso ipal ne Nawataketza. Nimetzilwia ka su tikneki, weli titechpalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani.

    “There is going to be a conference about the Nawat language. I am telling you because if you like, you can come and help us with all the professors.”

Nitakwika Ipal Ne Tiut

  • —Shiknutzakan, nikneki nitaketza iwan.

    p. 10 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    “Call him over, I want to speak to him.”

  • Wan naja nikilwij ka kia niasneki.

    p. 10 · See in the dictionary: yawi

    Translation

    And I said that I would come.

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Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)

19 occurrences

Tamachtilis 3. Nikneki kukumutzin

  • Nikneki nimetztajtanilia se.

    See in the dictionary: neki

  • Nimayana wan nikneki nitakwa.

    See in the dictionary: neki

  • Tay tikneki tikwa?

    See in the dictionary: neki

  • Nikneki nikwa kukumutzin.

    See in the dictionary: neki

Tamachtilis 5: Keski ipatiw?

  • Keski tikneki?

    See in the dictionary: neki

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King, Timumachtikan! (2011)

93 occurrences

4 Tay tikneki?

  • Tay tikneki?

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué quiere (usted)?

  • Tikneki et?

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Quiere frijoles?

  • Tikneki tamal?

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Quiere tortillas?

  • Tikneki yey?

    p. 27 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    Keski? Tikneki yey?

    ¿Cuántas? ¿Quiere tres?

  • Tay tikneki?

    p. 28 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    ¿Qué quieres?

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Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)

32 occurrences

p. 53 · Nahuizalco

  • (sic) Sapil, tikneki tiyaw?

    p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    Niña, te quieres ir?

  • Eej nutajtzin, nikneki niyaw.

    p. 53 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    Sí, señor, me quiero ir.

p. 55 · Nahuizalco

  • Teru yejemet inte kinekit witzet.

    p. 55 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Pero ellos no quieren venir.

p. 56 · Nahuizalco

  • Teku wan na tekitik saya pal techma' tey timunekit.

    p. 56 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation (Spanish)

    Teku wan na tekitik saya pal techma' tey timunekit. Iwan tejemet tinemit pal tikpalewiat; pal muchi tey kichat kanar tupal tejemet nusan.

    Papá y mamá trabajan mucho para darnos lo que necesitamos. Y nosotros tenemos la obligación de ayudarles; porque todo lo que ellos tienen es también para nosotros.

  • Nutajtzin teku nechilijtiwit, wan naja nikita, ka kinekit muchi ne miakawan, iwan kiuni kenhaya nemi pal tikchat tejemet ka imaku, ka kiuni kenha ne iteku nemi nusan ne inpilawan.

    p. 56 · Nahuizalco

    Translation (Spanish)

    Mis señores padres me han dicho, y yo lo veo, que quieren mucho a su familia y eso debemos hacer (nosotros) con ellos, porque así como es el padre deben ser sus hijos.

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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)

18 occurrences

Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Ini ja niknekiskia ma nupal!, esto.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    "That's what I wish were mine, that there."

  • Ini ja (ka) niknekiskia katka, nimawiltia.

    Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    "That's what I wanted, to play."

El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Ta kikwa ne takat kishtilia, kishtilia; muchi kishtilia, ta kineki kikwa, muchi kishtilia.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    Whatever the man ate she took away from him, she took it away, she took everything, whatever he wanted to eat she took away from him.

  • Sepa ne tzuntekumat tesu kineki naka ten tiupan, tesu kineki.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.

  • Tesu kineki kutemu, asi es, tesu kineki kutemu.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: neki

    Translation

    She didn't want to get down; that's how it was, she did not want to get off.

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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).