-mey
inalienable noun/mey/
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
hand
Nikpia ume numey.
I have two hands.
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
a 'hand' of corn: five ears
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953)
The hyphen marks a word never said alone: it always takes a possessive prefix: nu- my · mu- your · i- his or her
Variants
- variant
- -mayrecorded in Teotepeque: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Comasagua: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976 · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Forms
- plural
- mejmey · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985)
- possessed form
- imeythird person singular possessor · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935)
Pronunciation
mey
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Nantzin Sixta Pérez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
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imey
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- imey24 times
Sources
- Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
- 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)