mictihuetzi
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 8 December 2012
Alternative forms
Etymology
miqui "to die" + -ti- + huetzi "to fall"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miktiwetsi/
Verb
mictihuetzi (intransitive)
- To fall to one's death.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:
- Morir cayendo. nimictiuetzi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To die suddenly.