-noya

Meanings

1. grandmother

   Documented in Izalco, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco), Santo Domingo de Guzmán

   Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), 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

Variants

variant

-nuya · Sources: Baratta (1951)-noyajrecorded in Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Sources: Campbell (1985)

Forms

possessed form

nunoyafirst person singular possessor

Related words

In the texts

• nunoya19 times
• noya7 times
• tunoywan2 times
• noyajonce

Sources

• Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
• Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
• 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)