matzalin Alan King's standard spelling: majtzal
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- rama
- Note
- Arauz: f. Bot.
majtzal
noun/maj·tzal/
Meanings
- 1
branch
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- matzalrecorded in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
Forms
- possessed form
- -imajmajtzal · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
- majmajtzal2 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- -mahtsalin Alan King's standard spelling: majtzal
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- rama
- English
- branch
- Example
- i-mahtsal
- its branch
- Plural
- i-mahmahtsal "its branches"
- See also
- mah- 'hand'
- On the etymology
- CN cf. (?) tzallantli (Sim.) cuello, garganta, puerto
- majtzal
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- rama
- English
- branch
- plural
- -majmajtzal
sustantivo siempre poseído - -Majtzalin nahuat.com's standard spelling: Majtzal
Hernández (2019) · No town
sustantivo inalienableSense 1
- Spanish
- rama
Sense 2
- Spanish
- asta del ciervo.
- As printed
- -Majtzal 1. rama; 2. asta del ciervo.
- majtzal
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- rama.
sus.- As printed
- majtzal sus. rama.
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)