xihuitl

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 18 September 2013

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• xiuitl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiwitɬ/

Noun

xihuitl

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

     Año. xiuitl.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• xiuitl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiwitɬ/

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.

Derived terms

• teoxihuitl
• xiuhtototl

See also

• chalchihuitl

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• xiuitl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːwitɬ/

Noun

xīhuitl

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

     Comete grande que parece correr. xiuitl.

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.

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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.