sayulin
noun/sa·yu·lin/
Meanings
- 1
mosquito, gnat (small flying insect)
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- sajsayulin · Sources: Campbell (1985)
In the texts
- sayulinonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Nahuizalcosayulinmosquito
- NahuizalcozayulinKing's standard: sayulinmosquito, zancudo
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Zayulinnahuat.com's standard: sayulinInsecto
- Santo Domingo de Guzmánsayul-inKing's standard: sayulingnat, small fly
- No townSayulinmosquito menor
- No townsayulin[Culicoides spp] mosquito, mosca diminuta, jején.
Sources
- Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)