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taketza

taketza

Pipil

Noun

taketza

  1. (intransitive) to speak, to talk
    Tejemet tiknekit titaketzat iwan‎
    We want to speak with him/her

Derived terms

  • taketzalis ‎(“language”, “word”)
  • taketzani ‎(“speaker”)
  • tajtaketza ‎(“to talk”, “to converse”)
  • sēntaketza ‎(“to discuss”, “to promise”)
  • āmataketza ‎(“to read”)
  • yūltaketza ‎(“to think”, “to ponder”)

Etymology

From ta- (unspecified object) + -ketza ("to raise"). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlahtōa ‎(“to speak”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /taˈket͡sa/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /taˈɣet͡sa/

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