takuatsinin Alan King's standard spelling: takwatzin
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- tacuasín
takwatzin
noun/ta·kwa·tzin/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
opossum
Documented in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- tajtakwatzin · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- takwatzin3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- Tacuáltzinin nahuat.com's standard spelling: takwaltzin
Baratta (1951) · p. 294 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Tacuazín
- As printed
- Tacuazín — Tacuáltzin
- takwatsinin Alan King's standard spelling: takwatzin
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- tacuazín
- Spanish
- tlacuache
- English
- opossum
- Possessed
- -takwatsin
- Plural
- tahtakwatsin
- See also
- (?) ta- 'unspec. obj.', kwa "to eat", -tsin 'diminutive'
- On the etymology
- CN tlaquatzin (Sim.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- takwatzin
Ramírez (2004) · p. 49 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- tacuacín
- English
- opossum
- As printed
- takwatzin — tacuacín — opossum
- takwatzin
King (2011a) · No town
- Spanish
- tacuacín
- English
- opossum
sustantivo - Takwatzin
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- tacuacín (zoo)
- As printed
- Takwatzin tacuacín (zoo)
- takwatzin
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Philander oposum
- Definition
- [Philander oposum] tacuacín. Ne takwatzin ne itachishka istak wan tiltik. El color del tacuacíon es blanco y negro.
sus.- As printed
- takwatzin sus. [Philander oposum] tacuacín. Ne takwatzin ne itachishka istak wan tiltik. El color del tacuacíon es blanco y negro.
Sources
- Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)