elchiquihuitl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ēlli (“liver, internal organ”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ēlchiquihuitl (possessive singular īēlchiquiuh)
- chest, breast
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 28v. col. 1:
- elchiquiuitl. los pechos o el pecho.
- (elchiquiuitl. the breasts or the chest.)
- bosom
- Ibid.
- elchiquiuitl. los pechos o el pecho.
- (elchiquiuitl. the breasts or the chest.)
- elchiquiuitl. los pechos o el pecho.
- Ibid.
Synonyms
[edit]- (chest, breast, bosom): ēlpantli
Derived terms
[edit]- ēlchiquimīna (verb)
- ēlchiquipetlāhua (verb)
References
[edit]- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77