Classical Nahuatl

Noun

chiquihuitl (absolutive plural chiquihuimeh, possessive singular īchiquiuh)

1. basket

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 1.

     chiquiuitl. cesto, o canasta.

     (chiquiuitl. a hamper or basket.)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Spanish: chiquihuite, chiquigüite

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 53
• “chiquihuitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2012.