wewet
noun/we·wet/
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell
Meanings
- 1
drum
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976, Santo Domingo de Guzmán: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), King's index, Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- wewejrecorded in Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Forms
- plural
- wejwewet · Sources: Campbell (1985)
Pronunciation
Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco
recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com
In the texts
- wewet3 times
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- NahuizalcohuehuetKing's standard: wewettambor
- NahuizalcoueuetKing's standard: wewettambor
- Nahuizalcouéuetnahuat.com's standard: wewettambor
- IzalcoueuetKing's standard: wewettambor
- The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)Huehuetnahuat.com's standard: wewetTambor
- Cuisnahuatwe:wehKing's standard: wewejsmall drum
- Santo Domingo de Guzmánwe:we:-tKing's standard: wewetsmall drum
- No townWewettambor; pavo; anciano
- No townwewettambor. Ikuyu wewet. Árbol tambor
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)