miktan
adjective/mik·tan/
Meanings
- 1
deepadjective
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
hollow, the depthsnoun
Documented in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
In the texts
- miktan3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcomictanKing's standard: miktanhondo, honda, profundo, profunda
- Izalcomiktanprofundidad, hondo
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánmiktandeep
- No townMiktanhondo, profundo; cañada, hondonada
- No townmiktan1. profundidad, hondonada Yawi ka miktan Ir a lo profundo (morir) 2. adj. hondo, profundo.
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)