taketza
Pipil
Etymology
From ta- (unspecified object) + ketza (“to raise”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlaquetza (“to narrate, advice”) and tlahtōa (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /taˈket͡sa/
- (Witzapan) IPA(key): /taˈɣet͡sa/
Noun
taketza
- (intransitive) to speak, to talk
- 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”)