siwat
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl cihuātl (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiwaːt/
Noun
siwāt (plural siwātket)
- woman, human female adult.
- Ne siwat yajki ka tiankis iwan ne ikunew
- The woman went to the market with her son
- female
- Ini mistun siwat
- This cat is a female
- (possessed) wife
- Ne nusiwaw tamana ka tajkutunal wan naja ka teutak
- My wife cooks at noon and I cook in the evening
Antonyms
- (woman): tākat
- (female): ukich
- (wife): -shūlejyu
Derived terms
- siwāpil (“girl” or “girlfriend”)
- siwākunēt (“girl”, “daughter”)
- siwāmūnti (“daughter-in-law” or “bride”)
- siwāpala (“female prostitute”)
- siwānejnemi (“to walk effeminately”)
- siwāyūlu (“homosexual man”)