Classical Nahuatl

Noun

nēci

1. (intransitive) To appear; become visible.
2. (intransitive) To seem; to appear to be a certain way.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1

     yn juh neci, in ipã ie uecauh amotlacujlol

     (as is evident in your ancient picture writings)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 240
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 161
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 226
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1, trans. by Arthur J.O. Anderson & Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 55

Latin

Noun

necī

1. dative singular of nex