-nakas

Meanings

1. ear

   Documented in Nahuizalco, Izalco, Cuisnahuat

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

The hyphen marks a word never said alone: it always takes a possessive prefix: nu- my · mu- your · i- his or her

Forms

plural

najnakas · Sources: Campbell (1985)

possessed form

inajnakas · Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011b)munajnakas · Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011b)nunajnakas · Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011b)nunakas · Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011b)

Pronunciation

In the texts

• munajnakas2 times
• inajnakasonce
• nunajnakasonce
• nunakasonce

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)