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ichtli

ichtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Noun

ichtli

  1. Maguey fiber.
  2. A thread of maguey fiber.
    • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Ychtli, hilo de maguei, nich, nochhui, vel nichhui.

Derived terms

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 225.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 93.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 219.