ixtli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

ixtli

1. surface

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *iiš-tlɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi-ta (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːʃtɬi/

Noun

īxtli

1. face (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Synonym: xāyacatl

2. surface
3. eye

Inflection

Possessive forms of ixtli

	Singular	Plural
1st person	noīx	toīx
2nd person	moīx	amoīx
3rd person	īīx	īnīx
impersonal	tēīx

Derived terms

• īxcuepa

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 230
• Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 121
• Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 222

Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

ixtli

1. surface