cihuapilli
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- Singular: cihoapilli, çihoapilli, çiuapilli, çivapilli
Etymology
From cihuātl (“woman”) + pilli (“noble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cihuāpilli (absolutive plural cihuāpīpiltin)
- noblewoman
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 2.
References
- 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