mitl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

mitl

1. (Amecameca) arrow

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Karttunen likens it with mīna, mīni (“to prick, pierce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːt͡ɬ/

Noun

mītl

1. arrow, dart
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 126v:

     Frecha o flecha. mitl.tlacochtli.
     (Arrow. mitl.tlacochtli.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 57r. col. 1:

     mitl. saeta o flecha.
     (mitl. an arrow or dart.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Possessive forms of mitl

	Singular	Plural
1st person	nomiuh	tomiuh
2nd person	momiuh	amomiuh
3rd person	īmiuh	īmmiuh
impersonal	tēmiuh

Synonyms

• tlacochtli

Derived terms

• mītl chīmalli
• tepozmītl
• tōnalmītl

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 149
• James Lockhart (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 225
• J. Richard Andrews (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 236