Classical Nahuatl

Verb

āmoxpōhua

1. (intransitive) to read from a book or text.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2.

     amoxpoa. n. (pret. onamoxpouh.) leer libro, o relatar el proceso.

     (amoxpoa. to read a book, or to relate a process.)

2. (intransitive) to relate or narrate a process.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2.

     amoxpoa. n. (pret. onamoxpouh.) leer libro, o relatar el proceso.

     (amoxpoa. to read a book, or to relate a process.)

Synonyms

• (to read from a book or text): āmapōhua

Derived terms

• āmoxpōhualiztli
• āmoxpōhuani
• āmopōuhqui

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 11