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xihuitl
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Central Nahuatl
Noun
xihuitl
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
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)
Etymology 2
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
Etymology 3
Noun
xīhuitl
- comet
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Cometa grande que parece correr. xiuitl.
- A great comet that appears to move quickly. xiuitl.
- 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex, volume 8, folio 12r:
- Injc nauhtetl tetzamachiotl, oc vnca in tonatiuh in xiujtl vetz
- [As] the fourth sign of evil, [while] there was still sun, a comet fell.
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.
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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology 1
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl
Noun
xihuitl
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl
Noun
xihuitl
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