cihuatl

• ciuatl (obsolete)
• zihuatl (obsolete)

Compare Central Huasteca Nahuatl sihuat, Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl sihuatl, Guerrero Nahuatl siwatl, Highland Puebla Nahuatl sihua̱t, Mecayapan Nahuatl sihua̱', Northern Puebla Nahuatl sihuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl sohuatl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl siwatl, Western Huasteca Nahuatl sihuatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl siuatl.

• IPA^(key): /siwaːtɬ/

cihuatl

1. Woman.
   • 1673: Agustín de Vetancurt, Arte de la lengua mexicana

     Aca zihuatl ytech otâçic?

2. Wife (when possessed).

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 213
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 35, 348
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl cihuatl

cihuatl (plural cihuameh)

1. woman