michin

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.t͡ʃin]

Noun

michin (animate, plural michtin)

1. fish

References

• Mancilla Sepulveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Náhuatl, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico City p. 162.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mičim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.t͡ʃin̥]

Noun

michin (animate, plural mīmichtin)

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

     Peſcado generalmente.   atlannemi.atlan chane. / Peſcado propiamẽte.   michin.

     A fish in general. atlannemi. atlan chane. / A fish, properly said.   michin.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 95v. col. 1:

     Peſcado, generalmente . atlannemini.atlan chane. / Peſcado. propiamente. michin.

     A fish in general. atlannemini. atlan chane. / A fish, properly said. michin.

   • Idem, f. 56r. col. 1.

     Michin. peſcado.

     Michin. a fish.

   • 17C: Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r

     yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin

     (and fish now bred)

Derived terms

Terms derived from michin

• atoyamichin
• cihuatlacamichin
• coamichin
• michacaxitl
• michahhuatl
• michahxiliztli
• michamanalli
• michcahcallotl
• michcoyolli
• michehuatl
• michhuātzaltepitōn
• michma
• michmātlatl
• michmecatl
• michmōlli
• michnāmaca
• michomitl
• michpahhuia
• michpipiloa
• michtetl
• michtlaōyoh
• mixxīncāyōtl
• mixxonēhuatl
• pāpalōmichin
• tlācamichin

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 95, 56
• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 236
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 146
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 225

Guerrero Nahuatl

Noun

michin

1. fish

References

• Aburto M., Pascual (2003); Tiuelis titlajtlajtos Náhuatl Puede hablar el Náhuatl, Náhuatl de Guerrero y español, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano AC (SIL); ILV segunda edición, Tlalpan, Mexico City. Mexico.

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mičim.

Noun

michin

1. (Tatahuicapan) fish
2. (Mecayapan) snook

Synonyms

• (fish): to̱poj (Mecayapan)

References

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 106

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mičim.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmit͡ʃiŋ/

Noun

michin (plural mijmichin)

1. fish

   Kisket ka tayua pal kitzkiat ne mijmichin

   They went out at night to catch the fish

Tabasco Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.t͡ʃin]

Noun

michin

1. fish