- Iztaccíhuatl's
mountain is
called "White Woman" (from
Nahuatl iztāc "white" and
cihuātl "woman")
because it
resembles a
woman lying on her back, and is
often covered...
- The god's name is a
compound of two
Nahuatl words: tōnacā and
cihuātl.
While cihuātl can be
translated "woman" or "lady", tōnacā
presents several possible...
-
fertilidad como son: Cihuacóatl (náhuatl: cihuacoatl, ‘mujer serpiente’‘
cihuatl, mujer; coatl, serpiente’),
Chicomecoatl (náhuatl: chicomecoatl, ‘siete...
- the
Nahuatl name
literally means "White Woman" from iztāc "white" and
cihuātl "woman")
because it
resembles a
woman lying on her back, and is
often covered...
- form is
comparable to Afro-Asiatic
construct state. An
example would be
cihuātl ("woman, wife") vs. nocihuāuh ("my wife",
prefix no- "my").
Compound (linguistics)...
- as macihuatli, a
Nahuatl word that can be
broken down to two elements;
cihuatl (meaning "woman") and
matlatl (meaning "net"). This "net-woman" encomp****es...
- Apan-teuctli ('River Lord') "hid in the water";
their sister, Cuetlach-
cihuatl, "hid in the ball-court." From this ambuscade,
these 5 slew the 400. In...
- as:
Honorific formed with the
suffix -tzin. cihuātzintli
cihuātl woman -tzin HON -tli ABS
cihuātl -tzin -tli
woman HON ABS 'woman (said with respect)' The...
- on the year
immediately following. Quote: ynic
chicome ôtla
tocatic ce
cihuatl ytoca Xiuhtzaltzin,
otlanahuyxiuh =quixti, ynic
zatepan cemochintin ýteteuctin...
- on a few
obvious cognates, such as
Maratino chiguat 'woman' ~
Nahuatl cihuātl 'woman' and
peyot 'peyote' ~
Nahuatl peyotl, but
other scholars have not...
