itanin Alan King's standard spelling: tan
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- diente
- Form (inferred by King)
- itan
- Meaning (Spanish)
- diente
- Note
- Arauz: m.
-tan
inalienable noun/tan/
Meanings
- 1
tooth
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
blade, edge
Documented in Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
The hyphen marks a word never said alone: it always takes a possessive prefix: nu- my · mu- your · i- his or her
Forms
- possessed form
- nutajtanfirst person singular possessornutanfirst person singular possessoritajtanthird person singular possessoritanthird person singular possessor
In the texts
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- tan
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- diente
- tan2
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- diente
- Form (inferred by King)
- tajtan
- Tan
Baratta (1951) · p. 289 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Diente
- As printed
- Diente — Tan
- -tanin Alan King's standard spelling: tan
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- diente
- English
- tooth
- Example
- nu-tan
- my tooth
- Other form
- nuhnu-tan (poss. pl.) my teeth
- Example
- i-tahtan, ihi-tan
- his/her/its teeth
- See also
- tameh "blade, edge", cf. tankuch "eyetooth", tantia "to sharpen"
- On the etymology
- CN tlantli (Car.)
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
Sense 1
- English
- tooth
Sense 2
- English
- blade, sharp edge, sharp tongue
- See also
- -tankwich "wisdom tooth"
- See also
- (C) tameh "blade, sharp edge"
- tan1
King (2011a) · No town
sustantivo siempre poseídoSense 1
- Spanish
- diente
- English
- tooth
Sense 2
- Spanish
- filo
- English
- blade
- plural
- -tajtan
-tantia
- Spanish
- afilar
- English
- sharpen
- Example
- Yajki kitantia ne itan
- Fue a afilarse los dientes.
- presente
- kitantia, niktantia
verbo transitivo - -Tanin nahuat.com's standard spelling: Tan
Hernández (2019) · No town
sustantivo inalienableSense 1
- Spanish
- diente
Sense 2
- Spanish
- filo
-tajtan
- Spanish
- dentadura
- As printed
- -Tan 1.diente, 2.filo/ -tajtan: dentadura
- tan1
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- diente, filo. Se itan ajo. Un diente de ajo. Tesu kipia itajtan. Cholco, no tiene diente.
sus ina.- As printed
- tan1 sus ina. diente, filo. Se itan ajo. Un diente de ajo. Tesu kipia itajtan. Cholco, no tiene diente.
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
- Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
- 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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)