ezhuia

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

eztli (“blood”) +‎ -huia (“use; apply”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eswi.a/

Verb

ezhuiā

1. (transitive) To bloody; make bloody; cover in blood.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 60v:

     Eztli, sangre. nitlaezhuia, ensangrentar algo. ninezhuia, me ensangrento à mi.
     (Eztli, blood; nitlaezhuia, to stain something with blood. Ninezhuia, I cover myself with blood.)

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References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 232–233
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 79