pitzawak
adjective/pi·tza·wak/
Meanings
thin, narrow
Ne mistun pitzawak.
The cat is thin.
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Cárcamo et al. (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Cárcamo et al. (2023), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- pichawakrecorded in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976 · Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
pichawak
Nantzin Fidelina Cortes (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Jose Antonio Guillen Landaverde · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- pitzawak4 times
- pichawakonce
- pichawakaonce
- pichawakchinonce
- pitzaktekwisionce
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
- 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
- Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)