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Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)

26 occurrences

El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

  • Yawi ne Tantepuslamat, ja yaja inan, ne brujaj Tantepuslamat.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    The witch (the "iron-toothed-old-woman") came. It's she who is her mother, the witch "iron-toothed-old-woman".

  • Kimatki ne Tantepuslamat, witz pal yawi kita.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    The iron-toothed-old-woman sensed it; she came to go see it.

  • Yajki kita ne lamajtzin.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamachin, lamat, lamatzin

    Translation

    Yajki kita ne lamajtzin. Sel pipiltzitzin ne iishyu ne tekumat; sel pipiltzitzin.

    The old woman went to see; the seeds of the gourd were just little boys, they were just little boys.

  • Kilwiat inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Nanita, nanita, nanita! Kilwiat inlama. Queremos hamaquita, nanita! Kilwiat tik kastiaj.

    "Gramma, gramma, gramma" they said to their grandmother, "we want little hammocks, gramma", they said to her in Spanish.

  • Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.

    Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.

  • Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Wan tami kalnutzket ne inlama. Kinekit temut, ma kaltemulti.

    Later they called their grandmother; they want to get down, get them down.

  • Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamachin, lamat, lamatzin

    Translation

    Pwes yajki ne lamajtzin; kaltemultia. Tajtakamet!

    Well, the old woman went. She got them down; they were already men.

  • Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Kilwiat ne inlama: Nanita, musta tiyut tiawit titapewiat. Kilwiat: Shakan, nuishwiuwan! Kilwia.

    They said to their grandmother, "gramma, tomorrow we are going to go hunt", they tell her. "Go ahead, my grandchildren", she said.

  • Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Kishipejket wan kimakaket ne inlama ma kimana. Kimanki.

    They skinned it and told their grandmother to cook it; she cooked it.

  • Kinnutzki ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Kinnutzki ne inlama. Kilwia: Shisakan! Nemia ne takwal! Shisakan, nupilawantzitzin, shisakan! Nemia ne takwal!

    Their grandmother spoke to them; she said, "wake up, the food is ready, wake up my children, wake up, the food is ready!"

  • Pero, pero kinshijshikuj ne inlama, porke ya kipia se enamorado.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    But their grandmother deceived them because she had a lover.

  • Kenemej nemi ne Nanawatzin, ne chimpe Nanawatzin, ya kita ta kichiwa ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    But as the Nanahuatzin was there, the youngest child, he saw what their grandmother was doing.

  • Kinilwia ne iermanujwan: Nulama mitzinchiwa nemi joder; Tesu antakwat.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    He told his brothers, "my grandmother is screwing you; you're not eating".

  • Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    Kinilwia ne Nanawatzin, se chimpe: Shinechwikakan ne idamuj nulama, yaja ja kikwa ne takwal. Pwes shinechwikakan.

    The Nanahuatzin, the youngest child, said to them, "take me; my grandmother's fellow, he's the one who eats the food; so take me!".

  • Tiut tikwikat ne tuermanitoj, lama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    "We're going to take our little brother, gramdmother."

  • Kishipejket, kipakat, kiwikaket chan ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    They skinned him, washed him, and took him to their grandmother's.

  • Tesu ja masat, ne inakayu tukujkul, ne idamuj ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    That was not a deer; it was the meat of their 'bogeyman', of their grandmother's fellow.

  • Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.

  • Pejki ne Tantepuslamat kikwa ne nakat, wan tami kilwijket: Ken tikmatki ne nakat, lama?

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    The iron-toothed-old-woman began to eat the meat. Afterwards they said, "how did you find the meat, grandmother?".

  • Bueno, esta bueno, pero yu kita nulama ken yu panu.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    "OK, but my grandmother is going to see what's going to happen."

  • Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: lamat

    Translation

    Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.

    They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".

  • Ashan shikitzkikan tulama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    Ashan shikitzkikan tulama. Ma kipanulti ne iashish!

    "Now grab our grandmother; let her pass her piss."

  • Ne tamik ne Tantepuslama.

    El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976

    Translation

    There the iron-toothed-old-woman met her end.

Sources and licenses

  • Schultze Jena, Leonhard (recop.); King, Alan R. (ed.). Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku: narradores en náhuat Ynes Masin y otros. Edición en línea, enero 2012.
  • Ramírez Vásquez, Genaro. Naja Ni Genaro. Edited by Alan R. King. IRIN (Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat), 2004; first electronic edition, 2013.
  • Cárcamo, Héctor; Guardado, Martín; Domínguez, Ana; Aquino, Celeste; Ordóñez, Gary; Salgado, Hugo. Aprendiendo Náhuat en el Siglo 21: Achtu Taksalis. Edmonton: University of Alberta Library, 2023. https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/nawatse/. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Adapted by nahuat.com.
  • King, Alan R. Timumachtikan! Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. 2011.
  • Aráuz, Próspero. El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos. San Salvador, El Salvador: Departamento Editorial del Ministerio de Cultura, 1960. Adapted by nahuat.com.
  • Campbell, Lyle. The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton Grammar Library 1. Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, 1985. Traducción al español de los textos: Mauricio Mixco, en Campbell, El Idioma Pipil (Nahuate) de El Salvador (manuscrito inédito).