metztli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metstɬi/

Noun

metztli

1. thigh
   • 1555 Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v.

     Muſlo por pate [sic] de dentro y defuera. tometz. metztli.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 236.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 144.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nahuan *meeȼtli, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïca-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːtstɬi/

Noun

mētztli

1. moon
   • 1555 Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana

     Luna planeta del cielo. metztli.

2. month
   • 1555 Idem

     Mes parte dozena del año. metztli. metztlapoualiztli.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 236.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 144.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 225.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan *meeȼtli (“moon”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïca. Cognate with Classical Nahuatl mētztli.

Noun

mētztli

1. moon
2. month

Etymology 2

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl metztli (“thigh”).

Noun

metztli

1. leg

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Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *meeȼtli, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïca-ta.

Noun

metztli

1. moon
2. month
3. (possessed) period (menstruation)

Related terms

• metztona

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 105

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Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *meeȼtli, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mïca-ta.

Noun

metztli

1. moon

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Tlen ticuih itich in cocina”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[2], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7