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pewa
pewa
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *peːwa, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pɨwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl pēhua (“to start”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpeːwa/
Verb
pēwa
- (intransitive) to start, to begin
- Nipejki nimumachtia Nawat ashan nawi shiwit
- I started learning Nawat (Pipil) four years ago
- Nipejki nimumachtia Nawat ashan nawi shiwit
Conjugation
Conjugation of pewa
| tense | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| naja | taja | yaja | tejemet | anmejemet | yejemet | ||||
| present | nipewa | tipewa | pewa | tipewat | anpewat | pewat | |||
| subjunctive | ma nipewa | ma shipewa | ma pewa | ma tipewakan | ma shipewakan | ma pewakan | |||
| past | nipejki | tipejki | pejki | tipejket | anpejket | pejket | |||
| perfect | nipejtuk | tipejtuk | pejtuk | tipejtiwit | anpejtiwit | pejtiwit | |||
| future* | nipewas | tipewas | pewas | tipewasket | anpewasket | pewasket | |||
| conditional | nipewaskia | tipewaskia | pewaskia | tipewaskiat | anpewaskiat | pewaskiat | |||
| pluperfect* | nipewatuya | tipewatuya | pewatuya | tipewatuyat | anpewatuyat | pewatuyat | |||
| conditional perfect* | nipewatuskia | tipewatuskia | pewatuskia | tipewatuskiat | anpewatuskiat | pewatuskiat | |||
| imperative | - | shipewa | - | tipewakan | shipewakan | - | |||
| *These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech. | |||||||||
Antonyms
- tami (to end)