xihuitl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

xihuitl

1. Year

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 18 September 2013

Pronunciation

• (etymologies 1 and 2)
  • IPA^(key): /ʃiwitɬ/
• (etymology 3)
  • IPA^(key): /ʃiːwitɬ/

Alternative forms

• xiuitl

Etymology 1

Noun

xihuitl

1. year
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Año. xiuitl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• xippōhualli

Etymology 2

Noun

xihuitl

1. grass
2. turquoise
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Turqueſa. tlaquauac xiuitl. xiuitl. xiuhtomolli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• teoxihuitl
• xiuhtototl

See also

• chalchihuitl

Etymology 3

Noun

xīhuitl

1. comet
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Cometa grande que parece correr. xiuitl.

     A great comet that appears to move quickly. xiuitl.

   • 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex‎^[1], volume 8, folio 12r:

     Injc nauhtetl tetzamachiotl, oc vnca in tonatiuh in xiujtl vetz

     [As] the fourth sign of evil, [while] there was still sun, a comet fell.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 264.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 324.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 241.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl

Noun

xihuitl

1. grass

Derived terms

• tlamantli xihuitl
• xihuitzontli

Etymology 2

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl

Noun

xihuitl

1. year