tacat

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [taˈkat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

tacat (feminine tacada, masculine plural tacats, feminine plural tacades)

1. past participle of tacar

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tlācatl, Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl tlacatl, Guerrero Nahuatl tlakatl, Highland Puebla Nahuatl ta̱cat, ta̱gat, Mecayapan Nahuatl ta̱ga', Northern Puebla Nahuatl tlacatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl tlöcatl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl tlakatl, Western Huasteca Nahuatl tlacatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl tlacatl.

Noun

tacat

1. man

References

• Hablamos Náhuat y Español: Frases útiles en el idioma Náhuat de la Huasteca Central y en español‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2007, page 59

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlācatl (“person, human being”).

Pronunciation

• (Nahuizalco) IPA^(key): /ˈtakat/
• (Witzapan, Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɣat/

Noun

tacat (plural tacamet or tahtacamet)

1. man, human male adult.

   Quitacualtia ne tihlanmet ne tacat

   The man is feeding the chickens

2. (possessed) husband.
3. human being.

Usage notes

• Although originally tacat meant “human being” as in Classical Nahuatl tlācatl, now the gendered sense of “male” is by far more predominant in Pipil.

Synonyms

• (male): oquich
• (husband): -xolehyo

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “male”): cihuat

Derived terms

• -chantacauh (“friend, neighbour, person fromthe same town”)
• -tacamati (“to obey”)
• tacapala (“ugly man; slacker”)
• tacapiltzin (“teenage boy”)
• tacati (“to be born”)