Nahuat

tentzun

noun

/ten·tzun/

Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell

Meanings

  1. 1

    beard

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
tejtentzunSources: Aráuz (1960)
possessed form
-itejtentzunSources: Schultze Jena (1935)

Pronunciation

  • Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco

    recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com

In the texts

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

  • tentzun

    Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    barba
    Note
    Arauz: f.
    Form (inferred by King)
    tejtentzun
    Meaning (Spanish)
    bigote, bigotes
    Note
    Arauz: m.
  • tentzun

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    barba
  • ten-tsunin Alan King's standard spelling: tentzun

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    barba
    Form (inferred by King)
    itejtentzun
  • -te:n-tsunin Alan King's standard spelling: tentzun

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    barba
    Spanish
    bigote
    English
    beard, moustache
    Example
    i-te:ntsun
    his beard
    See also
    te:n "mouth", tsun "hair"
    On the etymology
    CN tentzontli (Car.) barba
  • -tentzunin nahuat.com's standard spelling: tentzun

    King (2011b) · p. 163 · No town

    Spanish
    barba
    Reference
    50
    As printed
    -tentzun barba 50
  • -Tentzunin nahuat.com's standard spelling: Tentzun

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    sustantivo inalienable

    Sense 1

    Spanish
    bigote

    Sense 2

    Spanish
    barba
    As printed
    -Tentzun 1.bigote; 2.barba
  • tentzun

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Definition
    barba, bigote.
    As printed
    tentzun sus. barba, bigote.

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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
  • Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)