quimichinin Alan King's standard spelling: kimichin
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- rata, ratón
- Note
- Arauz: f. Zool.
- Form (inferred by King)
- kijkimichin
- Meaning (Spanish)
- ratas
- Note
- Arauz: m. Zool.
kimichin
noun/ki·mi·chin/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
mouse, rat
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ramírez (2002)
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- kijkimichin · Sources: Aráuz (1960), Campbell (1985), King (2011a)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Nantzin Elsa López (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Gio Constante · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- kijkimichin5 times
- kimichin3 times
- kimichinchin3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- kimichin
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- rata, ratón
- kimičinin Alan King's standard spelling: kimichin
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- ratón
- kimichin
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- ratón
- Spanish
- rata
- English
- mouse, rat
- Plural
- kihkimichin
- On the etymology
- CN quimichin (Sim.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Spanish
- ratón
- Spanish
- rata
- Spanish
- cachero
- Spanish
- ratero
- Spanish
- ladrón
- English
- mouse, rat, thief
- kimichin
Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- ratón
- Example
- Ne kimichin nemi tik ne kajkal.
- kimichin
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- ratón
- Spanish
- rata
- English
- mouse ; rat
- plural
- kijkimichin
sustantivokimichinchin
diminutivo - Kimichin
Hernández (2019) · No town
Sense 1
- Spanish
- ratón
Sense 2
- Spanish
- rata
- As printed
- Kimichin 1.ratón; 2.rata
- kimichin
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Mus musculus
- Definition
- [Mus musculus] ratón.
sus.- As printed
- kimichin sus. [Mus musculus] ratón.
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)