miquini

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

miqui "to die" + -ni

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mikini/

Noun

miquini

  1. A mortal.
    • 1524: Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana
      ca timacehualtin, tipolihuini timiquini, ...
    • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
      Mortal coſa que muere. miquini. poliuini. tlamini.

References
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written Stanford University Press, p. 225.
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