amat
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- amate, libro, papel
- Note
- Arauz: m.
amat
noun/a·mat/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
paper
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
book
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019)
Forms
- plural
- ajamat · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- amat
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- carta, libro, papel
- ámatin Alan King's standard spelling: amat
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- papel (etc.)
amachin
- Amat
Baratta (1951) · p. 292 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Papel
- As printed
- Papel — Amat
- a:ma-tin Alan King's standard spelling: amat
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- amate
- Spanish
- papel
- Spanish
- libro
- English
- fig tree sp., paper, book
- Possessed
- -a:ma-w
- Example
- nu-a:ma-w
- my paper, my book
- See also
- a:ma-tal "(many) amates, many papers"
- On the etymology
- CN a:matl (Car.) papel, libro; PN *a:ma-
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Plural
- aha:mat
- amat
King (2011a) · No town
sustantivoSense 1
- Spanish
- amate
Sense 2
- Spanish
- papel
Sense 3
- Spanish
- libro
- Spanish
- documento
- English
- a tree species ; paper ; book ; document
- posesivo
- -amaw
amatachia
- Spanish
- leer
- English
- read
- Etymology
- amat
- Etymology
- tachia
verbo incorporativoamataketza
- Spanish
- leer
- English
- read
- Etymology
- amat
- Etymology
- taketza
verbo incorporativo - Amat
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Possessed
- -w
Sense 1
- Spanish
- amate (bot)
Sense 2
- Spanish
- papel
Sense 3
- Spanish
- libro, cuaderno
Sense 4
- Spanish
- documento (carta, escritura legal)
- As printed
- Amat,-w 1.amate (bot); 2.papel; 3.libro, cuaderno; 4.documento (carta, escritura legal)
- amat
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Ficus
- Definition
- 1. nuanaw [Ficus] amate. 2. papel, libro, carta, documento, escritura, carta. Kakta ne tujtukniwan tes kikwit amat pal mutzinpupuat, inat ne tejtet tajtaketzat: —Nikishpalu’ mutzupi, nikishpalu mutzupi. Antes las personas no usaban papel para limpiarse el trasero, dicen que las piedras hablaban: - Voy a deslizar mi culo, deslizo mi culo.
sus.- As printed
- amat sus. 1. nuanaw [Ficus] amate. 2. papel, libro, carta, documento, escritura, carta. Kakta ne tujtukniwan tes kikwit amat pal mutzinpupuat, inat ne tejtet tajtaketzat: —Nikishpalu’ mutzupi, nikishpalu mutzupi. Antes las personas no usaban papel para limpiarse el trasero, dicen que las piedras hablaban: - Voy a deslizar mi culo, deslizo mi culo.
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)