tawial
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tlayoːl-, formed by ta (unspecified object) -wia/-ūya (“to shell”), -l (passive nominalization). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlaolli (“dried kernels of maize”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /taˈwijal/
Noun
tawial (singular only)
- maize, corn, kernels of shelled corn
- Musta tiaw talkwi nawpual kushtal tawial
- Tomorrow we will take with us eighty sacks of maize