Texts
Search a word in texts written in Nahuat and read it in context.
147 occurrences in 6 texts · Clear
Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku95Naja Ni Genaro10Achtu Taksalis2Timumachtikan!26El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos7The Pipil Language of El Salvador7
King, Tajtaketza pal Ijtzalku (2012)
95 occurrences
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Tiktisit wan asujkal iwan kanela, tikchat tishti chukulat, tikmanat iwan at kwakwalaka, tikmaliat pal tikunit.
p. 20
Ramírez, Naja Ni Genaro (2004)
10 occurrences
Kwak Naja Nichikitik
Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan.
p. 4 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation
Nutukay Genaro Ramírez Vásquez. Ninesik tik Witzapan tik ne metzti chiknawi ipal ne shiwit 1933, ne ikunew Juana Ramírez wan Catarino Vásquez. Nunan itekiw muchi pal ne kal, wan nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan. Ne ume ipal Kushkatan.
My name is Genaro Ramirez Vasquez. I was born in Santo Domingo de Guzmán in September, 1933, the son of Juana Ramirez and Catarino Vasquez. My mother was a housewife, and my father worked in the fields. Both were from El Salvador.
Nitamachtia Nawat
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan.
p. 6 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation
Niktaya ne tal pal niktuka ne mil, pal tik nukal muchi nupijpilawan wan nusiwaw te kiseliat mayan. Kiunij panuk sujsul shijshiwit.
I worked the land and grew corn so that my children and wife wouldn’t go hungry. So the years went by.
Ken Nikwikatuk Ne Nawataketzalis Ka Miak Tal
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani.
p. 14
Translation
Kunij walajtuya se nawataketza ipal Meshikal pal tamachtia ne Nawataketzalis, wan kenhayuk kinetuya kaj kipalewia iwan muchi ne tajtamachtiani. Né ninemik kashtuli tunal iwanmet. Né nechishmatijket ka naja niweli nitaketza Nawat, wan kwak nemik ukseseyuk senputzuat teya nechajkawket ma te niu.
Then a Nahuatl speaker from Mexico came to teach the language, and once more he wanted somebody to help him with the teachers. I was there with them for two weeks. There I was recognised for my knowledge of Nawat, and afterwards I got invited to all the meetings.
Tik ne kenka shiwit niajki ka Honduras; tik ne shiwit 1993 niajki ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Estado Campeche); tik ne shiwit 1994 niajki ka Kojtemalan (nikwikak kukunet mijtutianit ipal ne Tenpitzak); tik ne shiwit chiknawi makwil niajki senpa ka Meshikal (ninemik tik ne Provinsiaj Tlashkala, ne timunamijket iwan tawawatianit tik taketzalis Metzali); wan tik ne shiwit 2000 niajki ka Paraway.
p. 14
Translation
That year I went to Honduras; in 1993 I went to Mexico (I was in the state of Campeche); in 1994 I went to Guatemala (I accompanied a junior Tempisque dance group); in 1995 I went to Mexico again (I was in the province of Tlashkala, where we met native-language-speaking craftsmen); and in 2000 I went to Paraguay.
Ne Teku Sinti
Teku Sinti, timetztajtanit ma te keman shitechajkawa tik tukal, ka su taja tesu tinemi tik tukal kunij tiawit tikseliat mayan.
p. 28 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation
Father Corn, we ask you never to abandon us in our home, for if you are absent from our home we shall endure hunger.
Cárcamo et al., Achtu Taksalis (2023)
2 occurrences
King, Timumachtikan! (2011)
26 occurrences
5 Tay kichiwa?
Ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
El niño está en la casa.
Kan nemi ne kal?
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
¿Dónde está la casa?
Ne kal nemi tik ini ujti.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
La casa está en esta calle.
Ne pelu nemi tik ne tenkal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: tenkál
Translation (Spanish)
El perro está en el patio.
Semaya ne kunet nemi tik ne kal.
p. 30 · See in the dictionary: kal
Translation (Spanish)
Sólo el niño está en la casa.
Aráuz, El Pipil de la Región de los Itzalcos (1960)
7 occurrences
p. 52 · Nahuizalco
Chikwasen kajkal.
p. 52 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kal
p. 56 · Nahuizalco
p. 60 · Nahuizalco
Inte kitat nan ajku, nan kwajkwawit, nan ne kajkal, nan ne iishkalyu ne takamet.
p. 60 · Nahuizalco · See in the dictionary: kal
p. 64 · Nahuizalco
Catal kipia ume itenshipal, ume inakas, ume ishume kamachal, se ikwatapal iwan kalan itzunkal.
p. 64 · Nahuizalco
Translation (Spanish)
Catarina tiene dos labios, dos orejas, dos ojos, dos quijadas, una frente y hermoso pelo.
Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985)
7 occurrences
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Muchijki ne kwawit wan kipishki se itakil, se wajkal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The tree grew and it had a fruit, a gourd.
Kabal uksituk ne wajkal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The gourd was just ripe.
Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Kitalij ka nepa. Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
She put it over there, in the corner of the house she placed it.
Panuk como se mes, uksik yek ne wajkal.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
About a month went by; the gourd was quite ripe.
Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: kal
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".
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).