Pipil

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

Relational

-tajku

1. among, between, in the middle of

   Mukawki ne tawikani ka itajku ne ujti‎

   The bus stopped in the middle of the road

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