tekiti

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tekiti

1. to work.

Pipil

Etymology

From tekit (“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

1. (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.