siwat

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiwaːt/

Noun

siwat

1. woman

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl cihuatl (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiwaːt/

Noun

siwat (plural siwatket or sijsiwatket, possessive -siwaw, possessive plural -sijsiwawan)

1. woman, human female adult.

   Ne siwat yajki ka tiankis iwan ne ikunew

   The woman went to the market with her son

2. female

   Ini mistun siwat

   This cat is a female

3. (possessed) wife

   Ne nusiwaw tamana ka tajkutunal wan naja ka teutak

   My wife cooks at noon and I cook in the evening

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “woman”): tākat
• (antonym(s) of “female”): ukich
• (antonym(s) of “wife”): -shūlejyu

Derived terms

• siwākunēt (“girl”, “daughter”)
• siwāmūnti (“daughter-in-law” or “bride”)
• siwānejnemi (“to walk effeminately”)
• siwāpala (“female prostitute”)
• siwāpil (“girl” or “girlfriend”)
• siwāyūlu (“homosexual man”)

Further reading

• Lyle Campbell (1985), Georg Bossong, Wallace Chafe, editors, The Pipil Language of El Salvador, Mouton Publishers, →ISBN
• Rafael Lara-Martínez, Rick McCallister (2014), Glosario cultural pipil y nicarao (in Spanish), 1st edition, Editorial Universidad Don Bosco, →ISBN
• Sixta Pérez, Héctor Martínez (2003), Yultajtaketzalis (in Spanish), →ISBN