mapachin
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- mapache
- Note
- Arauz: m. Zool.
mapachin
noun/ma·pa·chin/
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
raccoon
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, 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), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- majmapachin · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- mapachin3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- mapačinin Alan King's standard spelling: mapachin
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- mapache
- Mapáchinin nahuat.com's standard spelling: mapachin
Baratta (1951) · p. 291 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Mapache
- As printed
- Mapache — Mapáchin
- ma:pach-inin Alan King's standard spelling: mapachin
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- mapache
- English
- raccoon
- Plural
- mahma:pachin
- See also
- ma:- 'hand', (?) pa:ka "to wash", -in 'absolutive'
- On the etymology
- CN mapach (Sim.) oso lavandero
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Mapachin
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- mapache
- As printed
- Mapachin mapache
- mapachin
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Procyon lotor
- Definition
- [Procyon lotor] mapache. Nikajsik ume mapachin iwan nimutaluk wan ne pejpelu. Encontré a dos mapaches y los correteé con los perros.
sus.- As printed
- mapachin sus. [Procyon lotor] mapache. Nikajsik ume mapachin iwan nimutaluk wan ne pejpelu. Encontré a dos mapaches y los correteé con los perros.
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)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)