ahco
Pipil
Etymology
From ah- (negative particle) + -co (“place”). Compare Classical Nahuatl ahco (“above, up, upward”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈahku/
Adverb
ahco
- up, above, over, on high
- Quitalih ca ahco ne atiloni pal inte calahci ne piltzin
- She/he put the cup up high so that the child would not find it
- Mochi titachixquet ca ahco pal tiquittat ne metzti cualo
- We all looked up to see the lunar eclipse
Noun
ahco
- heights, sky, heaven
Derived terms
- ahcohuic (“in an upward direction; northward”)
- ahcohuicpa (“in an upward direction; northward”)
- -ahcoquia (“to raise, elevate”)