quiza

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See also: quizá and Quiza

Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

Verb

quīza (intransitive)

  1. To come out; emerge. (With -tech.)
  2. To finish; end.
  3. To pass by. (With -pan.)
  4. To be celebrated. (Of a feast day.)

Derived terms

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 249
  • Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 126–127
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 213
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 231–232