hueyi
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl hueyi
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hueyi
- large, big, great.
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
huēyi (inanimate)
- Something large, big, great, etc.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 132v:
- Grande coſa. uey .uey pul.yxachi.yxachipul.
- Something big. uey. ueypul. yxachi. yxachipul.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 66v. col. 1:
- Grande coſa.vey.veypul.yxachi. yxachipul.
- Something big. vey. veypul. yxaci. yxachipul.
- Idem, f. 155v. col. 1.
- Vey. grande.
- Vey. big.
- Vey. grande.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from hueyi
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 66v, 155v
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl hueyi
Adjective[edit]
hueyi (plural huehhueyi)