miquiliztli

From miqui (“to die”) +‎ -liztli. Compare miquiztli (“death”).

• IPA^(key): /mi.kiˈlis.t͡ɬi/

miquiliztli

1. death
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 2:

   miquiliztli. muerte o mortandad.

   (miquiliztli. death or mortality)

2. mortality (death on a large scale)
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 2:

   miquiliztli. muerte o mortandad.

   (miquiliztli. death or mortality)

• (death): miquiztli

• ahmiquiliztli

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 148

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl miquiliztli

miquiliztli

1. death.