chicueyilhuitl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- chicueilhuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From chicuēyi (“eight”) + ilhuitl (“days”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chicuēyilhuitl (inanimate)
- A period of eight days.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 1:
- Chicueilhuitl. ocho dias,o vna ſemana.
- Chicueilhuitl. eight days, or one week.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 20v