ixeh nacaceh
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom īxeh (“someone with eyes”) + nacaceh (“someone with ears”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editīxeh nacaceh (absolutive plural īxehqueh nacacehqueh)
- someone prudent, knowledgeable and wise
- 16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, La Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, book 6, chapter 52.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 45r. col. 1:
- Ixenacace. diſcreto ſabio y entendido.
(Ixenacace. discreet, wise and understanding.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 221