-eltiw

Meanings

1. 1

   sister (said by a man or boy)

   Documented in Nahuizalco, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

   Sources: Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Cárcamo et al. (2023), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

2. 2

   brother or sister; close relative

   Used only in Izalco

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935)

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

Pronunciation

In the texts

• wan1370 times
• nueltiw10 times
• mueltiw6 times
• ieltiw2 times
• nueltiwanonce

Sources

• 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
• 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)