siwapil
noun/si·wa·pil/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
young woman, teenage girl
Ne siwapil nemi tik ne kal.
The girl is in the house.
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
daughter (mostly possessed, as in nusiwapil, my daughter)
Documented in Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Cárcamo et al. (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
Sources: Cárcamo et al. (2023), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- possessed form
- nusiwapilfirst person singular possessor · Sources: Cárcamo et al. (2023)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Nantzin Josefina Vasquez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Cguadron · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- siwapil61 times
- siwapiltzin16 times
- siwapipil9 times
- nusiwapil5 times
- pipil5 times
- siwapilchin4 times
Sources
- Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
- Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023), recorded about 2019–2022
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)