yalua

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *yaːlwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl yālhua (“yesterday”).

Adverb

yalua

1. yesterday

Derived terms

• yalua tiotlac

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *yaːlwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl yālhua (“yesterday”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /jaːˈluwa/
• (Nahuizalco) IPA^(key): /jaˈluwa/
• (Jicalapa) IPA^(key): /jaˈlʲuwa/

Adverb

yālua

1. yesterday

   Nikujki ne kawayu ne tikitak yalua

   I bought the horse you saw yesterday

Related terms

• yēpta (“day before yesterday”)
• āshān (“today”)
• mūsta (“tomorrow”)