yamani, yamanicin Alan King's standard spelling: yamanik
Aráuz (1960) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- blando, blanda, suave
- Note
- Arauz: adj.
yamanik
adjective/ya·ma·nik/
Nantzin Nicomedes García (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán · Timumachtikan Nawat
Meanings
- 1
soft
Documented in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924, Todd (1953), Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco): Baratta (1951), Cuisnahuat: Campbell (1985), recorded 1970–1976
Sources: Aráuz (1960), Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)
Variants
- variant
- yamanirecorded in Nahuizalco: Aráuz (1960), recorded about 1915–1924yemanikrecorded in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930, Ordóñez (2026)
Forms
- plural
- yajyamanik · Sources: Campbell (1985)yejyemanikrecorded in Izalco: Schultze Jena (1935), recorded 1930
Pronunciation
yamanik
Nantzin Nicomedes García (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
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yamani
Nantzin Nicomedes García (elder) · Santo Domingo de Guzmán
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In the texts
- yamanik2 times
- yamanionce
- yejyemanikonce
The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.
- yamanicin Alan King's standard spelling: yamanik
Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco
- Spanish
- suave
- yemanikin Alan King's standard spelling: yamanik
Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco
- Variant
- yemanik
- Spanish
- suave
- Form (inferred by King)
- yejyemanik
- Yamánicin nahuat.com's standard spelling: yamanik
Baratta (1951) · p. 293 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Suave
- As printed
- Suave — Yamánic, Yúlic
- Yamánicin nahuat.com's standard spelling: yamanik
Baratta (1951) · p. 287 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)
- Spanish
- Blando
- As printed
- Blando — Yamánic
- yama:ni-kin Alan King's standard spelling: yamanik
Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán
- Town
- Cuisnahuat (Q)
- Spanish
- blando
- Spanish
- suave
- Spanish
- aguado
- English
- bland, soft, mushy
- Plural
- yahyama:nik
- See also
- yama:niya "to soften", yamanka "warm"
- On the etymology
- CN ya:ma:nki (Car.); yamanqui (Sim.) blando, tierno, ligero
- Town
- Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
- Yamanik
Hernández (2019) · No town
- Spanish
- blando, suave
yamanka
- Spanish
- tibio
- As printed
- Yamanik blando, suave/ yamanka: tibio
- yamanik
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- blando, suave (complexión), dócil, débil (carácter). Ne takat yamanik. El hombre es débil
adj.- As printed
- yamanik adj. blando, suave (complexión), dócil, débil (carácter). Ne takat yamanik. El hombre es débil
- yemanik
Ordóñez (2026) · No town
- Definition
- suave (textura).
adj.- As printed
- yemanik adj. suave (textura).
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)