Nahuat

shishti

noun

/shish·ti/

Meanings

  1. 1

    urine

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

possessed form
ishishSources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King (2011a), Hernández (2019)nushishSources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), Ordóñez (2026)

In the texts

The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.

  • xixin Alan King's standard spelling: shish

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    orina
    Note
    Arauz: f. Zool.
    Alan King's note
    possessed form of shishti (elsewhere ashish)
  • šišin Alan King's standard spelling: shishti

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    orina
    With prefixes (inferred by King)
    ishish, nushish
    Alan King's note
    The absolute is not attested in the Masin corpus. Thus -shish appears as an inalienable.
  • xi:x-tiin Alan King's standard spelling: shishti

    Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Spanish
    orina
    Spanish
    meado
    English
    urine
    Possessed
    -xi:x
    Example
    nu-xi:x
    my urine
    Plural
    xihxi:xti
    On the etymology
    CN cf. xixtli (Sim.) excremento del hombre
    See also
    (C) a:xi:x
  • shishti

    King (2011a) · No town

    sustantivo
    Spanish
    orina
    Spanish
    meado
    English
    urine
    posesivo
    -shish
    ashish
    sustantivo siempre poseído
    Spanish
    orina
    English
    urine
    Example
    Ma kipanulti ne iashish
    Qué pase su orina.
    Etymology
    a-
    Etymology
    shishti
    -ashishtekun
    sustantivo siempre poseído
    Spanish
    vejiga
    English
    bladder
    Etymology
    ashish
    Etymology
    tekumat
    mushisha
    verbo reflexivo
    Spanish
    orinarse
    Spanish
    mear
    English
    urinate
    Example
    Pejki mushisha
    Comenzó a orinarse.
  • Shishti

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Possessed
    -shish
    Spanish
    orina
    As printed
    Shishti, -shish orina
  • shishti

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    nushish orina, meado.
    As printed
    shishti sus. nushish orina, meado.

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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
  • 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)