xihuitl
Central Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 18 September 2013
Pronunciation
- (etymologies 1 and 2)
- IPA(key): /ʃiwitɬ/
- (etymology 3)
- IPA(key): /ʃiːwitɬ/
Alternative forms
Noun
xihuitl
- year
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Año. xiuitl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
xihuitl
- grass
- turquoise
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Turqueſa. tlaquauac xiuitl. xiuitl. xiuhtomolli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
See also
Noun
xīhuitl
- comet
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Comete grande que parece correr. xiuitl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 264.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 324.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 241.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology 1
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl
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