Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• michuâ, Michhuâ (Carochi)
• mjchoaque (plural)

Noun

michhuah ‎(animate, plural michhuahqueh)

1. (he or she is) one who has or holds fish.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 18v

     De michin, pescado sale michuâ, dueño de pescado

     (From michin, fish, comes michuâ, owner of fish)

2. (he or she is) an inhabitant of Michoacán; a Tarascan or P'urhépecha.
   • 16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     In amehoantin, in njcan antlaca, in nueue españa: in anmexica, in antlaxcalteca, in ancolulteca, in anmjchoaque

     (You who are natives in New Spain, you Mexicans, you Tlaxcalans, you Cholulans, you Michoaca)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 57r

     Michhuàcān, Mechoacan. Michhuâ, natural de Mechoacan; y tambien significa dueño de pescado.

     (Michhuàcān, Michoacan, and Michhuâ, native of Michoacan, and also possessor of fish.)

Synonyms

• Michhuahcatl

Derived terms

• Michhuahcan
• michhuahcayotl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 236
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. and ed. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 78–79
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 146
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 55