cihuapilli

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Central Nahuatl

Noun

cihuapilli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Singular: cihoapilli, çihoapilli, çiuapilli, çivapilli

Etymology

From cihuātl (“woman”) +‎ pilli (“noble”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈwaːpilli/

Noun

cihuāpilli (absolutive plural cihuāpīpiltin)

noblewoman
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 2:
  ciuapilli. ſeñora, o dueña.
  (ciuapilli. lady, or mistress.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 34
James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 215

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