tlahuanqui

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tlāhuāna (“to drink an alcoholic beverage”) +‎ -qui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɬaːwaːnki/

Noun

tlāhuānqui (animate, plural tlāhuānqueh)

1. drunkard, drinker
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 32v:

     Beodo.  tlauanqui,yuintic.xocomicqui.

     Drunk.  tlauanqui,yuintic.xocomicqui.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 143v. col. 2:

     tlauanqui. borracho, o beodo assi.

     tlauanqui. a drunkard, or drunk in this manner.

Derived terms

• nematcatlāhuānqui

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 268