miquiliztli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From miqui (“to die”) + -liztli. Compare miquiztli (“death”).
Pronunciation
Noun
miquiliztli
- death
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 2.
- miquiliztli. muerte o mortandad.
- (miquiliztli. death or mortality)
- mortality (death on a large scale)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 2.
- miquiliztli. muerte o mortandad.
- (miquiliztli. death or mortality)
Synonyms
- (death): miquiztli
Related terms
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 148
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl miquiliztli
Noun
miquiliztli