Nahuat

tenesh

noun

/te·nesh/

Meanings

  1. 1

    lime (quicklime)

    Documented in , , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

possessed form
-teneshSources: Campbell (1985)

In the texts

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

  • tenexin Alan King's standard spelling: tenesh

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    cal
    Note
    Arauz: f.
  • tenesh

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    cal
  • tenešin Alan King's standard spelling: tenesh

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    cal
    Alan King's note
    Sch analyses it as a compound of te(t) and nesh(ti). The absence of the absolute suffix (tenesh, not *teneshti) illustrates the persistent tendency for this to be omitted in morphologically complex substantives (in contrast to Nahuatl tenextli).
  • Téneshrin nahuat.com's standard spelling: tenesh

    Baratta (1951) · p. 288 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Cal
    As printed
    Cal — Téneshr
  • tenexin Alan King's standard spelling: tenesh

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    cal
    English
    lime
    Possessed
    -tenex
    Example
    nu-tenex
    my lime
    See also
    te- "stone", nex-ti "ash"
    On the etymology
    CN tenextli (Sim.)
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
  • Tenesh

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    cal
    As printed
    Tenesh cal
  • tenesh

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    cal.
    As printed
    tenesh sus. cal.

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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
  • Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
  • Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)