mecatin Alan King's standard spelling: mekat
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- bejuco, cuerda
- Note
- Arauz: m. Bot.
mekat
noun/me·kat/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
rope, cord
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, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
vine
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019)
Forms
- plural
- mejmekat · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- mekat2 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- mecatin Alan King's standard spelling: mekat
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- bejuco, cuerda
- mekat
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- mecate
- Mécatin nahuat.com's standard spelling: mekat
Baratta (1951) · p. 288 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Cuerda
- As printed
- Cuerda — Mécat
- Mécatin nahuat.com's standard spelling: mekat
Baratta (1951) · p. 291 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Lazo
- As printed
- Lazo — Mécat
- meka-tin Alan King's standard spelling: mekat
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
Sense 1
- Spanish
- bejuco
Sense 2
- Spanish
- pita
- Spanish
- mecate
Sense 3
- Spanish
- pene
- Definition
- obsceno
- English
- vine; string, cord, rope; penis (obscene)
- Possessed
- -meka-w
- Example
- nu-meka-w
- my string
- Plural
- mehmekat
- On the etymology
- CN mekatl (Car.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
Sense 1
- Spanish
- bejuco
Sense 2
- Spanish
- pita
- Spanish
- mecate
- English
- vine; string, cord, rope
- mekat
King (2011a) · No town
sustantivoSense 1
- Spanish
- bejuco
- English
- vine
Sense 2
- Spanish
- cuerda
- Spanish
- 'mecate'
- Spanish
- 'pita'
- English
- string ; cord ; rope
mekaw
- Mekat
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Possessed
- -w/
- Possessed
- -jyu
Sense 1
- Spanish
- bejuco, liana
Sense 2
- Spanish
- mecate; lazo, soga, cuerda
Sense 3
- Spanish
- cable
mekat tepusti
- Spanish
- alambre
- As printed
- Mekat/ -w/ -jyu 1.bejuco, liana; 2.mecate; lazo, soga, cuerda; 3.cable/ mekat tepusti: alambre
- mekat
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- numekaw, numekayu mecate, bejuco, cuerda, guía, cable, cinta (de zapato), tirante. Yaja kichiwa imekayu, kiene musentalua ne mekat. Hace una guía, y ahí se expande la guía. Mekat tepusti Alambre Se sala iwan imejmekayu Un pantalón con sus tirantes (overall)
sus.- As printed
- mekat sus. numekaw, numekayu mecate, bejuco, cuerda, guía, cable, cinta (de zapato), tirante. Yaja kichiwa imekayu, kiene musentalua ne mekat. Hace una guía, y ahí se expande la guía. Mekat tepusti Alambre Se sala iwan imejmekayu Un pantalón con sus tirantes (overall)
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)