ayuttzin, ayutzinin Alan King's standard spelling: ayutzin
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- galápago, avilán, tortuga
- Note
- Arauz: f. Zool.
ayutzin
noun/a·yu·tzin/
Nantzin Andrea López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat
Meanings
- 1
turtle
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ordóñez (2026)
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Pronunciation
Nantzin Andrea López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Alicia Elena Pacheco Pérez · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- ayutzin
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- tortuga
- Ayutzin
Baratta (1951) · p. 294 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Tortuga
- As printed
- Tortuga — Ayutzin
- a:yu:-tsinin Alan King's standard spelling: ayutzin
Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Spanish
- tortuga del monte
- English
- small land turtle
- See also
- -tsin 'diminutive'
- On the etymology
- CN ayotl (Sim.) tortuga; PN a:yo:-
- ayutzin
Ordóñez (2026) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Scientific name
- Clelonoidis
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (SDG)
- Definition
- [Clelonoidis] tortuga terrestre.
sus.- As printed
- ayutzin [SDG] sus. [Clelonoidis] tortuga terrestre.
- Ayutzin
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- tortuga
- As printed
- Ayutzin tortuga
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)