Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ychtli

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

• ichcatl
• ichcueitl

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.