cihuatl
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl cihuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsiwaːtɬ]
Noun
cihuatl (plural cihuameh)
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Central Huasteca Nahuatl siuatl, Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cihuatl, Guerrero Nahuatl siwatl, Highland Puebla Nahuatl sihua̱t, Mecayapan Nahuatl sihua̱', Northern Puebla Nahuatl sihuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl sohuatl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl siwatl, Western Huasteca Nahuatl siuatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl siuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsíwaːt͡ɬ]
Noun
cihuatl anim (plural cihuah or cihuāmeh)
- (she is) a woman.
- 1673, Agustín de Vetancurt, Arte de la lengua mexicana:
- Aca zihuatl ytech otâçic?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (when in the possessive) (she is) a wife.
Derived terms
References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 213
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 35, 348
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
cihuatl
- obsolete spelling of siwatl
References
- Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.