shikal
noun/shi·kal/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
large gourd bowl
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Hernández (2019), Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Hernández (2019)
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- shijshikal · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- shikal3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcoshicalKing's standard: shikaltarro
- IzalcošikalKing's standard: shikalhuacal grande
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Shrígalshnahuat.com's standard: shikalJícara
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmánxi:kalKing's standard: shikallarge gourd, gourd bowl; gourd bowl
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de GuzmánShikaljícara; tol; guacal
- No townshikaljícara, guacal grande partido por mitad.
Sources
- 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, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)