-nawak

Meanings

1. 1

   near, close to, beside

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

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Cárcamo et al. (2023), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

2. 2

   together with, with

   Documented in Cuisnahuat

   Sources: Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)

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

Forms

possessed form

nunawakfirst person singular possessor · Sources: Todd (1953), Campbell (1985)munawaksecond person singular possessor · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a)inawakthird person singular possessor · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), Cárcamo et al. (2023)

In the texts

• inawak7 times
• nunawak2 times
• munawakonce
• Tunawakonce

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
• Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
• Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
• Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)