hguajcalin Alan King's standard spelling: wajkal
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- huacal
wajkal
noun/waj·kal/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
gourd bowl
Documented in Nahuizalco: Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Ramírez (2002)
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Ramírez (2002), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
- 2
calabash tree
Documented in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), Hernández (2019)
Forms
- plural
- wajwajkal · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
Nantzin Sixta Pérez (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
recorded by Ishkilinit · 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
- wajkal12 times
- wajkalchinonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- uáχkal, guáχkalin Alan King's standard spelling: wajkal
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Spanish
- huacal, morro
- Guájcalshin nahuat.com's standard spelling: wajkal
Baratta (1951) · p. 290 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Guacal
- As printed
- Guacal — Guájcalsh
- wahkalin Alan King's standard spelling: wajkal
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- guacal
- Spanish
- jícara
- Spanish
- morro
- Spanish
- palo de morro
- English
- gourd, gourd bowl, gourd tree
- Plural
- wahwahkal
- Diminutive
- wahkal-tsin "small gourd" (guacalito)
- On the etymology
- CN cf. uacalli (Sim.) especie de cuévano en forma de caja cuadrangular
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Spanish
- guacal
- Spanish
- morro
- Spanish
- jícara
- English
- gourd, gourd bowl, gourd tree
- See also
- -wahkal "kneecap"
- wajkal
Ramírez (2002) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Spanish
- guacal
- Example
- Wajkal tay timunekit kikwit at u uksese tay timunekit.
- wajkal
King (2011a) · No town
sustantivoSense 1
- Spanish
- morro (palo y fruto)
- English
- gourd (tree and fruit)
Sense 2
- Spanish
- 'guacal' ; recipiente
- English
- bowl
wajkalchin
diminutivo - wajkal
King (2011b) · p. 164 · No town
- Spanish
- guacal
- Reference
- 47
- As printed
- wajkal guacal 47
- Wajkal
Hernández (2019) · No town
Sense 1
- Spanish
- morro
Sense 2
- Spanish
- guacal
ashish wajkal
- Spanish
- bacinica
- As printed
- Wajkal 1.morro; 2.guacal/ ashish wajkal: bacinica
- wajkal
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Scientific name
- Crescentia alata
- Definition
- [Crescentia alata ] morro, guacal. Se wajkal ukich, Un morro largo (para recoger por ejemplo la grasa del cerdo), para hacer guacales.
sus.- As printed
- wajkal sus. [Crescentia alata ] morro, guacal. Se wajkal ukich, Un morro largo (para recoger por ejemplo la grasa del cerdo), para hacer guacales.
Sources
- 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, Nawat vocabulary (2002)
- King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
- King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
- Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
- Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)