elchiquihuitl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
ēlli (“liver, internal organ”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ēlchiquihuitl (possessive singular īēlchiquiuh)
- chest, breast
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 28v. col. 1.
- elchiquiuitl. los pechos o el pecho.
- (elchiquiuitl. the breasts or the chest.)
- bosom
- Ibid.
- elchiquiuitl. los pechos o el pecho.
- (elchiquiuitl. the breasts or the chest.)
Synonyms
- (chest, breast, bosom): ēlpantli
Derived terms
- ēlchiquimīna (verb)
- ēlchiquipetlāhua (verb)
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77