ihhuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʔwitɬ/

Noun

ihhuitl

  1. Small feathers; down.
    • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Yuitl, pluma, niuiuh.
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    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
      Pluma de aue. yhuitl.
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References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 226.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 97.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 220.
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