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Coatepec Nahuatl
Noun
tunal
- sun
Pipil
Etymology
From archaic root *tūn- (“heat”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *toŋV-. Compare Pipil tutūnik (“hot”), -tutūnia (“to heat”), and -itūnia (“to sweat”). Also, compare Classical Nahuatl tonalli (“heat of the sun”) and tōnatiuh (“sun”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈtuːnal/
- (Teotepeque) IPA(key): /ˈtunaɬ/
- (Izalco) IPA(key): /ˈtunal/
Noun
tūnal (plural tujtūnal)
- sun
Ne shupan muita ka ajkuikpa ini tunal- In the rainy season the sun seems to be to the north
- day
Ashan shumet shiktukakan, wan ankitasket, chikwey tunal ankipiasket sinti- Now go plant it and you will see that in eight days you will have corn
- (possessed) soul, spirit
Ina ne ukichwakash ne yejemet: «Ne ka ini kalaktuk, kichiwtuk yek. Ne ka panutuk ijpak ne kuat, ini kikwijtuk muchi ne itunal ini taltikpaktakat.»- The bull said to them: “When he entered he did well. When he passed while riding the (giant) snake, it took all this human's soul”
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