ijpak

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *-(ɨ)kpa-k. Compare Classical Nahuatl icpac (“on top”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈihpak/

Noun

-ijpak

1. on, over, above, on top

   Ne siwat kiwika ne tzutzukul ijpak ne itzuntekun

   The woman carries the jug on her head

Usage notes

• The i at the beginning of relational noun -ijpak only appears in the third-person plural, otherwise rendering it as -jpak.
• It is also part of a restricted group of relationals that can be used without a possessive marker when it accompanies an explicit complement, taking the form pak and acting like a preposition:

  ...pak ne itzuntekun

  ...on her/his head

Declension

Declension of -ijpak

Person	Number
	singular	plural
first	nujpak	tujpak
second	mujpak	anmujpak
third	ijpak	inhijpak