chan

Meanings

1. 1

   (someone's) home; at or to the home of-chanrelational word

   Documented in Nahuizalco, Izalco, Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

   Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

2. 2

   to (a person), where-chanrelational word

   Documented in Nahuizalco

   Sources: Todd (1953), King (2011a)

3. 3

   cave, dennoun

   Documented in Nahuizalco

   Sources: Aráuz (1960), Todd (1953), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

The hyphen marks a word never said alone: it always takes a possessive prefix: nu- my · mu- your · i- his or her

Forms

possessed form

nuchanfirst person singular possessor · Sources: Cárcamo et al. (2023)muchansecond person singular possessor · Sources: Cárcamo et al. (2023)ichanthird person singular possessortuchanfirst person plural possessor

Pronunciation

In the texts

• ichan38 times
• nuchan16 times
• muchan9 times
• chan8 times
• tuchan4 times

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
• Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
• Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
• Ramírez, Nawat vocabulary (2002)
• King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
• King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
• Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
• Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
• Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)