tatempan
adverb/ta·tem·pan/
Meanings
- 1
outsideadverb
Documented in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
at the edge, on the bankadverb
Documented in Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019)
- 3
ravine, gullynoun
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924
Sources: Aráuz (1960)
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcotatempanKing's standard: tatenpanbarranco, barranca, orilla
- Izalcotatem panKing's standard: tatenpanafuera
- Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmántate:mpanKing's standard: tatenpanat the edge, border, on the brink; at the edge, on the brink; to the interior
- No townTatenpanen la orilla; sanitario (fig)
- No towntatenpan1. barranco, a la orilla. 2. afuera. 3. el baño. Wan kitak ka kiwikak ka tatenpan Y vio que lo llevó afuera
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
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)