tekiti
Pipil
Etymology
From teki- ("work") + -ti (inchoative suffix). From Proto-Nahuan *təkɨtɨ. Compare Classical Nahuatl tequiti (“to work”)
Pronunciation
- (Izalco) IPA(key): /teˈkiti/
- (Witzapan) IPA(key): /teˈɣiti/
Verb
tekiti
- (intransitive) to work
- Ne nutatanoy tekiti katka tik ne mil
- My grandfather used to work in the cornfield
Conjugation
Conjugation of tekiti
| tense | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| naja | taja | yaja | tejemet | anmejemet | yejemet | ||||
| present | nitekiti | titekiti | tekiti | titekitit | antekitit | tekitit | |||
| subjunctive | ma nitekiti | ma shitekiti | ma tekiti | ma titekitikan | ma shitekitikan | ma tekitikan | |||
| past | nitekitki | titekitki | tekitki | titekitket | antekitket | tekitket | |||
| perfect | nitekittuk | titekittuk | tekittuk | titekittiwit | antekittiwit | tekittiwit | |||
| future* | nitekitis | titekitis | tekitis | titekitisket | antekitisket | tekitisket | |||
| conditional | nitekitiskia | titekitiskia | tekitiskia | titekitiskiat | antekitiskiat | tekitiskiat | |||
| pluperfect* | nitekitituya | titekitituya | tekitituya | titekitituyat | antekitituyat | tekitituyat | |||
| conditional perfect* | nitekitituskia | titekitituskia | tekitituskia | titekitituskiat | antekitituskiat | tekitituskiat | |||
| imperative | - | shitekiti | - | titekitikan | shitekitikan | - | |||
| *These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech. | |||||||||