kuwasihkāyeyekatl

Guerrero Nahuatl

Etymology

From yeyekatl (“wind; spirit”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl coaciuhqui (“suffering from gout”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

kuwasihkāyeyekatl

1. A spirit that causes rheumatism.
   • 2011, Roberto Olivares Ruiz, Jonathan D. Amith, Silvestre Pantaleón, page 26:

     Nikān tamēchnōtsan: amankāyeyekatl, sepōhkāyeyekatl, kuwasihkāyeyekatl, tsitsilkayeyekatl, tematilāyeyekatl, kuwatsilkāyeyekatl, tomāhkāyeyekatl.

     Here we invoke you, wind of anxiety, of numbness, of rheumatism, of tingling skin, of muscle strains, of cramps, the thick wind.

Related terms

• kuwasihkākomalakōtsīn