paklha

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Papantla Totonac

Etymology

Cognate with Highland Totonac paklha, Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac paklha.

Pronunciation

Verb

paklha

  1. (intransitive) to flower, bloom
    • 1974, Xama̱nixná, Tu lichihuinan "Xamanixna" o narraciones de "el Soñador" en el totonaco de Papantla y en español, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9:
      Marzo tzucú paklha xꞌánat
      In March the vanilla starts to bloom
  2. (intransitive) to ear (of grain)

Derived terms

References

  • (1973) Diccionario totonaco de Papantla, Veracruz: Totonaco — español, español — totonaco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 16)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 78, 171, 202