ahuiyani

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From āhuiya (“to be content”) +‎ -ni.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːˈwi.ja.ni/

Noun

āhuiyani (animate, plural āhuiyanimeh)

prostitute
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r:
  Puta del burdel. auiani.motzin namacani.motetlaneuh-
  tiani.
  (Whore from a brothel. auiani. motzin namacani. motetlaneuhtiani.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 9v. col. 1:
  Auiani. puta,o mala muger.
  (Auiani. a whore, a bad woman.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(prostitute): motētlaneuhtiāni, motzinnāmacani

Derived terms

āhuiyanicalli

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 8
J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 341

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