hueyi

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl hueyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweː.ji/

Adjective

hueyi

1. large, big, great.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• uei, uey, vei, vey (obsolete spellings)
• huēy

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *weey(ɨ), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wïL~wïLu (via reduplication).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈweː.ji]

Noun

huēyi (inanimate)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• huēyi cihuāpilli
• huēyi cihuātlahtoāni
• huēyi citlālin
• huēyi mahpilli
• huēyi teōpixcātlahtoāni
• huēyi tlahtoāni
• huēyi tlohtli
• huēyi tlālli
• huēyi tēcpan
• huēyi tēcpancalli
• huēyi xopilli
• huēyi āehēcatl
• huēyi āltepētl
• huēyi ānalli
• huēyi ātezcatl
• huēyi ātl
• huēyi ātēntli
• huēyicāyōtl
• huēyipōl

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 66v, 155v

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl hueyi

Adjective

hueyi (plural huehhueyi)

1. big, great.