poliuhqui
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From polihui (“to disappear, perish, be spent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poˈliʍ.ki]
Noun
poliuhqui
- Something lost or condemned.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 83r. col. 1.
- Poliuhqui. coſa que ſe perdio.
- (Poliuhqui. thing that has been lost.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 83r. col. 1.
Descendants
- Spanish: pulque (uncertain)
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 202
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