cicatin Alan King's standard spelling: tzikat
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- hormiga
- Note
- Arauz: Zool.
- Form (inferred by King)
- tzijtzikat
- Meaning (Spanish)
- hormigas
- Note
- Arauz: Zool.
tzikat
noun/tzi·kat/
Nantzin Isabel Ramirez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat
Meanings
- 1
ant
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ramírez (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2004), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- sikatrecorded in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Hernández (2019)
Forms
- plural
- tzijtzikat · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Nantzin Isabel Ramirez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Edwin Artero Gámez · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Timumachtikan Nawat (opens in a new tab) · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- tzikat5 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- tzicatin Alan King's standard spelling: tzikat
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- hormiga
- tsikatin Alan King's standard spelling: tzikat
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- hormiga
- Tzícatin nahuat.com's standard spelling: tzikat
Baratta (1951) · p. 290 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Hormiga
- As printed
- Hormiga — Tzícat, Aztat
- tsi:ka-tin Alan King's standard spelling: tzikat
Campbell (1985) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Spanish
- hormiga
- Pronunciation
- [tsi:gat]
- English
- ant
- Plural
- tsihtsi:kat
- See also
- tsihtsi:kat-kal "ant's nest"
- On the etymology
- CN tzicatl (Mol.); PN *tsi:ka-
- tzikat
Ramírez (2004) · p. 50 · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- hormiga
- English
- ant
- As printed
- tzikat — hormiga — ant
- Sikat
Hernández (2019) · No town
- See also
- Tzikat
- As printed
- Sikat v.Tzikat
- Tzikat
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- hormiga
- As printed
- Tzikat hormiga
- tzikat
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Solenopsis
- Definition
- [Solenopsis] hormiga.
sus.tzikatekwa
- Definition
- hormiguear, tener hormigueo.
vi.tzikika
- Definition
- hormiguear.
vi.- As printed
- tzikat sus. [Solenopsis] hormiga. •tzikatekwa vi. hormiguear, tener hormigueo. •tzikika vi. hormiguear.
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
- Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004), recorded about 2000–2004
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)