nan

Meanings

1. 1

   mother-naninalienable noun

   Documented in Nahuizalco, Izalco, Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

2. 2

   mom; ma'am, calling to an older woman (nana)noun

   Documented in Izalco, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), King (2011a)

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

Variants

variant

nanarecorded in Izalco · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935)

Forms

plural

najnan · Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a)

possessed form

nunanfirst person singular possessor · Sources: King (2011b), Cárcamo et al. (2023)munansecond person singular possessorinanthird person singular possessor · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935)tunanfirst person plural possessor · Sources: Todd (1953)

Pronunciation

In the texts

• nunan40 times
• inan26 times
• nan14 times
• nantzin11 times
• nanita10 times
• naj8 times
• tunan8 times
• munan6 times
• Tunantzin4 times
• nanaonce

Sources

• 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
• Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
• King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
• King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
• Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
• Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
• Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)