cihuapilli
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
cihuapilli
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Singular: cihoapilli, çihoapilli, çiuapilli, çivapilli
Etymology[edit]
From cihuātl (“woman”) + pilli (“noble”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cihuāpilli (absolutive plural cihuāpīpiltin)
- noblewoman
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 2:
- ciuapilli. ſeñora, o dueña.
(ciuapilli. lady, or mistress.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 34
- James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 215