yaotlatquichihchihua
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From yāōtlatquitl (“weapons”) + chihchīhua (“to craft, fashion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaː.oːt͡ɬatkiˈt͡ʃiʔt͡ʃiːwa/
Verb
yāōtlatquichihchīhua (preterite yaotlatquichihchiuh)
- to craft weapons for war or soldiers
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 31r. col. 2:
- Yaotlatquichichiua. ni. hazer armas para ſolda-
-dos.
(Yaotlatquichichiua. to make weapons for soldiers.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 31