miquiztli

Classical Nahuatl

The glyph for the day sign miquiztli “death”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.

An elision of miquiliztli, from miqui (“to die”).

miquiztli (inanimate)

(it is) the action of dying or the state of being dead; death.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 177v.
  Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.
  Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1.
  Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.
  Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.
- Idem, f. 57r. col. 1.
  Miquiztli. muerte.
  Miquiztli. death.
(it is) a death's head or skull.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales
  ynic tlachiuhtli colotli tlatlatili yaoaltic ynic tlatzacutli chamolivitl tẽtlapilolo ycpac ca ỹ miquiztli quetzaltzoyo pepeyocyo
(it is) the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head.
- 16th c.: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.
  chicunauj. mi quiz tlj / q̇ quiere dezir nueve / ṁuertos. el qúe na / ce en eſte dia ^{dizen q́} es señal / ėntre ellos q̇ a de morir / luego. […]
  chicunauj. miquiztlj. which means “nine death”. they say that for one to be born on this day is a sign that he will die later.

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 87v, 57r
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 278
Laurette Séjourné (1981) El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 21

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