tajku

Pipil

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from archaic root *tāk- (“torso”) + -ku (locative). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlahco (“half”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtahku/

Noun

tajku

1. half

   Se tajku yejemet yajket pal pewat tekitit

   Half of them left to start working

2. (possessed) waist, rump

   Shikilpi ne mukwey ka mutajku

   Tie your skirt around your waist

Derived terms

• tatajku (“in the middle”)
• -tajkuwia (“to halve”)
• tajkutūnal (“noon”)
• tajkuyua (“midnight”)

Noun

-tajku

1. among, between, in the middle of

   Mukawki ne tawikani ka itajku ne ujti

   The bus stopped in the middle of the road

Declension of -tajku

Person	Number
	singular	plural
first	nutajku	tutajku
second	mutajku	anmutajku
third	itajku	intajku

Verb

-tajku

1. to halve, to cut in half, to divide in two halves

   Kitajkuk ne atzaput pal sentakwat

   She/he cut the pear in half so they could eat together

Synonyms

• (halve): -tajkuwia

Conjunction

tajku

1. while, during the time that

   Tajku nemi tajkwilua, ne siwapil kielnamik ka inteuk kinutztuya ne ieltiw

   While she was writing, the girl remembered she hadn't called her sister yet