ihhuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ihuitl
• yhuitl
• yuitl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʔwitɬ/

Noun

ihhuitl

1. Small feathers; down.
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     Yuitl, pluma, niuiuh.

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   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Pluma de aue. yhuitl.

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References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 226.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 97.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 220.