ihcihui

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Classical Nahuatl

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ihcihui

  1. (intransitive) To hurry.
    • 1611, Pedro de Arenas, Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana, published 1793:
      dense prisa xicihuican
      dad os prisa xihcihui
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 226.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 96.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 219.