cihuamiqui

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From cihuātl (“woman, wife”) +‎ miqui (“to die”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siwaːˈmiki/

Verb

cihuāmiqui (preterite cihuāmic)

(of a man) to widow
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 93v:
  Embiudar el varon. nicnooquichti. ni,ciuamiqui.
  (For a man to widow. nicnooquichti. ni,ciuamiqui.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 1:
  Ciuamiqui.ni. embiudar el varon. Preterito . oni
  ciuamic.
  (Ciuamiquini.ni. for a man to widow. Preterite: oni ciuamic.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

cihuāmicqui

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 22

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