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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From mictlāntli (“underworld, hell”) + -qui + -yōtl.
Pronunciation
Noun
mictlāncāyōtl (animate and inanimate)
- Something infernal, hellish or chthonic.
- Idem, f. 56r. col. 2.
- Mictlancayotl.coſa infernal, o del infierno.
- Mictlancayotl. something infernal, or from hell.
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 75r, 56r
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 275