cocoxqui

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Central Nahuatl

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Noun

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cocoxqui

  1. ill, sick.

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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cocoya (to be sick) +‎ -qui

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cocoxqui (absolutive plural cocoxqueh, possessive singular īcocoxcāuh, possessive plural īcocoxcāhuān)

  1. Someone or something sick, ill.
  2. A gay man who is the passive partner in sex; a bottom.
    Synonyms: cuiloni, chimouhqui
    • Ibid., f. 205r:
      Puto que padece [c]uiloni.chimouhqui.cucuxqui.
  3. vulva
    Synonyms: tepilli, nenetl
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References

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  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 213
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 40
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215
  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page part XI, p. 124