miquiztli
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Central Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Nahuatl miquiztli.
Noun
[edit]miquiztli
- A death
Classical Nahuatl
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Etymology
[edit]An elision of miquiliztli, from miqui (“to die”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]miquiztli inan (plural miquiztli)
- (it is) the action of dying or the state of being dead; death.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 177v:
- Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.
- Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1:
- Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.
- Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.
- Idem, f. 57r. col. 1.
- Miquiztli. muerte.
- Miquiztli. death.
- Miquiztli. muerte.
- (it is) a death's head or skull.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales
- ynic tlachiuhtli colotli tlatlatili yaoaltic ynic tlatzacutli chamolivitl tẽtlapilolo ycpac ca ỹ miquiztli quetzaltzoyo pepeyocyo
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales
- (it is) the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head.
- 16th c.: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.
- chicunauj. mi quiz tlj / q̇ quiere dezir nueve / ṁuertos. el qúe na / ce en eſte dia dizen q́ es señal / ėntre ellos q̇ a de morir / luego. […]
- chicunauj. miquiztlj. which means “nine death”. they say that for one to be born on this day is a sign that he will die later.
- 16th c.: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.
Synonyms
[edit]- (death): miquiliztli
- (skull): cuāxīcalli, tzontecomatl
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 87v, 57r
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 278
- Laurette Séjourné (1981) El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 21
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- nci:Death
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