Nahuat

yankwik

adjective

/yan·kwik/

Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell

Meanings

  1. 1

    new

    Documented in , ,

    Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), King (2011a), King (2011b), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
yajyankwikpluralSources: King (2011a)

Pronunciation

In the texts

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

  • yancuicin Alan King's standard spelling: yankwik

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    nuevo
  • yankuikin Alan King's standard spelling: yankwik

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    nuevo
  • yankwi-kin Alan King's standard spelling: yankwik

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    nuevo
    English
    new
    Plural
    yahyankwik
    Example
    yankwik ne nu-sala
    my pants are new
    On the etymology
    CN yankwik (Car.)
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
  • yankwik

    King (2011a) · No town

    adjetivo
    Spanish
    nuevo
    English
    new
    plural
    yajyankwik
  • yankwik

    King (2011b) · p. 164 · No town

    Spanish
    nuevo
    Reference
    21
    As printed
    yankwik nuevo 21
  • Yankwik

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    nuevo
    As printed
    Yankwik nuevo
  • yankwik

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    adj.
    Definition
    nuevo, fresco (carne, queso). Ne nakat yankwik mas ajwiak. La carne fresca es más rica. Tishti puyek yankwik, wan seuk takwawak. Queso fresco y el duro.
    As printed
    yankwik adj. nuevo, fresco (carne, queso). Ne nakat yankwik mas ajwiak. La carne fresca es más rica. Tishti puyek yankwik, wan seuk takwawak. Queso fresco y el duro.

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Sources

  • Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
  • Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • King, Léxico del Náhuat Básico (2011), recorded 2004–2008
  • King, Timumachtikan! (2011), recorded 2004–2011
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)