shilut
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- elote
shilut
noun/shi·lut/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
young, green ear of corn
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, Campbell, lists (1985), recorded 1970–1972, 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: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Campbell, lists (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- shijshilut · Sources: Campbell (1985)
- possessed form
- nushilu · Sources: Campbell (1985), Ordóñez (2026)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- xilutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Nahuizalco
- Town
- Nahuizalco (Nah)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xilut
- šilutin Alan King's standard spelling: shilut
Schultze Jena (1935), King's index · Izalco
- Spanish
- mazorca tierna
- xilutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Izalco
- Town
- Izalco (Iz)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xilut
- xilutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Tacuba
- Town
- Tacuba (Tac)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xilut
- xilʸutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Jicalapa
- Town
- Jicalapa (Jic)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xilʸut
- xi:lutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Cuisnahuat
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (C)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xi:lut
- xi:lu-tin Alan King's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- jilote
- English
- small, immature, green ear of corn before it develops kernels
- Possessed
- -xi:lu
- Example
- nu-xi:lu
- my green ear of corn
- On the etymology
- CN xilotl (Sim.) mazorca de maíz todavía lechosa pero ya comestible
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Plural
- xihxi:lut
- xi:lutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: shilut
Campbell, lists (1985) · p. 18 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (SD)
- Spanish
- maíz verde, jilote
- English
- green corn
- As printed
- green corn — xi:lut
- Shilut
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- jilote (elote tierno)
- As printed
- Shilut jilote (elote tierno)
- shilut
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- nushilu jilote, elote tiernito.
sus.- As printed
- shilut sus. nushilu jilote, elote tiernito.
Sources
- Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
- 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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)