sakat
noun/sa·kat/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
grass
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Tacuba: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Jicalapa: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Campbell, lists (1985), King (2011a), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
straw, thatch
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- tzakatrecorded in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Hernández (2019)
Forms
- plural
- sajsakat · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- sakatonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcozacatKing's standard: sakatzacate
- NahuizalcotzacatKing's standard: sakathierba, monte, paja, yerba, zacate
- Nahuizalcotzácatnahuat.com's standard: sakatmonte
- Nahuizalcotzácatnahuat.com's standard: sakatpaja
- Nahuizalcotzácatnahuat.com's standard: sakatyerba
- Nahuizalcotzácatnahuat.com's standard: sakatzacate
- Nahuizalcotzácatnahuat.com's standard: sakathierba
- Nahuizalco, Jicalapa, Cuisnahuatsakatgrass
- Tacuba, Santo Domingo de Guzmánsagatnahuat.com's standard: sakatgrass
- Izalcosakatzacate
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Tzácatnahuat.com's standard: tzakatPaja
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánsaka-tKing's standard: sakatgrass, straw
- No townsakatgrass ; straw
- No townTzakatzacate
- No townsakatzacate, paja. Ne sakat ne akat tiwelit tikwit pal tikchat ne kal. El zacate del carrizo podemos usarlo para hacer casas.
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
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, dialect lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)