majmahuiin Alan King's standard spelling: majmawi
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- miedo
- Note
- Arauz: m.
- Alan King's note
- verb?
majmawi
intransitive verb/maj·ma·wi/
Nantzin Sixta Pérez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat
Meanings
- 1
to be afraid, to fear
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), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- present
- nimajmawi · Sources: King (2011a)timajmawi · Sources: Ordóñez (2026)
- preterite
- majmawki · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- perfect
- majmawtuk · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- imperative
- shimajmawi · Sources: King (2011a)
Pronunciation
Nantzin Sixta Pérez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Ishkilinit · 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
- nimajmawi4 times
- shimajmawi2 times
- timajmawi2 times
- majmawionce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- majmauiin Alan King's standard spelling: majmawi
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- temer, tener miedo
- mau, maχmauiin Alan King's standard spelling: majmawi
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- temer
- With prefixes (inferred by King)
- ni-, ti-, shi-
- Imperative and subjunctive (inferred by King)
- majmawi
- Alan King's note
- See note on mawiltia.
- Majmaguiin nahuat.com's standard spelling: majmawi
Baratta (1951) · p. 294 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Temer
- As printed
- Temer — Majmagui
- mahmawiin Alan King's standard spelling: majmawi
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- miedo (tener)
- English
- to fear, to be afraid
- pres.
- mahmawi
- pret.
- mahmaw-ki
- perf.
- mahmaw-tuk
- On the etymology
- CN mawi (Car.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
vi - mawi
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- miedo
- English
- fear
- Example
- kipia mawi
- tiene miedo.
- See also
- mutia
sustantivomajmawi
- Spanish
- tener miedo
- English
- be afraid
- Example
- Tesu nikistuk, nimajmawi
- No he salido, tengo miedo.
- Example
- Ma shimajmawi
- No tengas miedo.
- Example
- se techan kan ne takamet tea majmawit
- un pueblo donde los hombres ya no tengan miedo.
- presente
- majmawi, nimajmawi
- imperativo
- shimajmawi
verbo intransitivo iterativo - majmawi
King (2011b) · p. 161 · No town
- Spanish
- tener miedo
- Reference
- 17
- As printed
- majmawi tener miedo 17
- Majmawi
Hernández (2019) · No town
Sense 1
- Spanish
- tener miedo, temer
Sense 2
- Spanish
- miedo
- As printed
- Majmawi 1.tener miedo, temer; 2.miedo
- majmawi
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- temer, tener miedo. Taja timajmawi ishpan yaja? Vos le tenés miedo? [1]
vi.- As printed
- majmawi vi. temer, tener miedo. Taja timajmawi ishpan yaja? Vos le tenés miedo? [1]
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
- King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)