Nahuat

matat

noun

/ma·tat/

Nantzin Sixta Pérez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat

Meanings

  1. 1

    carrying net

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
majmatatSources: Campbell (1985)

Pronunciation

In the texts

The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.

  • matat

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    red
    Note
    Arauz: f.
  • matat

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    red de carga
    matachin
  • ma:ta-tin Alan King's standard spelling: matat

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    matate
    Spanish
    red
    English
    net, net bag
    Possessed
    -ma:ta-w
    Example
    nu-ma:ta-w
    my net
    Plural
    mahma:tat
    Diminutive
    ma:ta-tsin "small net bag"
    On the etymology
    CN ma:tlatl (Car.) red
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
  • matat

    King (2011a) · No town

    sustantivo

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    'matate'
    Spanish
    bolsa de hilo
    English
    net bag

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    red
    English
    net
    posesivo
    -mataw
  • Matat

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Possessed
    -w

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    red

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    cebadera, matata
    As printed
    Matat, -w 1.red, 2.cebadera, matata
  • matat

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    numataw red, matata, cebadera, bolso. ne imataw ne kunet fular del niño
    As printed
    matat sus. numataw red, matata, cebadera, bolso. ne imataw ne kunet fular del niño

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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
  • 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)