ezhuia
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
eztli "blood" + -huiā "use; apply"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eswi.a/
Verb
ezhuiā
- (transitive) To bloody; make bloody; cover in blood.
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 60v.
- Eztli, sangre. nitlaezhuia, ensangrentar algo. ninezhuia, me ensangrento à mi.
- (Eztli, blood; nitlaezhuia, to stain something with blood. Ninezhuia, I cover myself with blood.)
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 60v.
References
- Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), translated and edited with commentary by James Lockhart, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 232–233
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 79
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