Nahuat

-tzalan

relational word

/tza·lan/

Meanings

  1. 1

    between, among

    Documented in ,

    Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Campbell (1985), 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
itzalanthird person singular possessorSources: Aráuz (1960), Ramírez (2004), Hernández (2019)

In the texts

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

  • Nahuizalcoitzalanentre
  • IzalcotsalanKing's standard: tzalanentre
  • Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán-tsa:lanKing's standard: tzalanbetween, among, in the middle of (relational noun)
  • Santo Domingo de Guzmánitzalanamong
  • No townItzalanen medio, de entre; v.-Tzalan
  • No town-Tzalannahuat.com's standard: Tzalanen medio de; de entre
  • No towntzalanentre, en medio de. Tzalan tiltituk. Medio negro. Wan yaja pejki yawi intzalan wan mukawki yajki tipan, ashta kan nakak iselchín tipan. Y empezó a ir entre ellos y se fue quedando de último, hasta quedarse solito de último.

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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
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)