ehcaxoctli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ecaxoctli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From ehcatl (“wind”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ehcaxoctli (inanimate, plural ehcaxoctli)

(it is) a light breeze.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 12v:
  Ayre delgado. ecapitzactli.ecaxoctli,eecapeyactli.
  A light wind. ecapitzactli.ecaxoctli,eecapeyactli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7r. col. 1:
  Ayre delgado. ecapitzactli. ecaxoctli. ehecapeyac / tli.
  A light wind. ecapitzactli. ecaxoctli. ehecapeyactli.
- Idem, f. 18r. col. 1.
  Ecaxoctli. ayre ſotil y delgado.
  Ecaxoctli. a light and faint wind.

Synonyms

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 7r, 18r.
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 144.

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