ichtecqui

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ychtecqui

Etymology

From ichtequi (“to steal”) +‎ -qui (agentive).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /itʃtekki/

Noun

ichtecqui

A thief.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 152r:
  Ladron eſcondido. ychtecqui.ychtequini.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 63r:
  In ichtecqui quintlacuìcuīlia in nènenquê, el ladron quita à los caminantes lo que lleuan
  The thief takes what they are carrying from those passing by.

Synonyms

ichtequini

Derived terms

ychteccatetlatzontequiliani

References

Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 242–243
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 93
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 219

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