tzipitl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tzipitl (animate)
- A child who has presumably fallen ill for continuing to nurse through its mother's pregnancy.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 152v. col. 2:
- Tzipitl. la criatura que eſta enferma o deſgañada / a cauſa de eſtar ſu madre preñada.
- Tzipitl. a child who is sick or has lost its appetite because its mother is [again] pregnant.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 152v
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 731