quemah
Classical Nahuatl edit
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Particle edit
quēmah
- yes
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 88v. col. 2:
- Quema. ſi. afirmando algo.
(Quema. yes. affirming something.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 208
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
C.f. Classical Nahuatl quēmah.
Interjection edit
quemah
- yes
- 2003, Elizabeth Márquez Hernández, In itzcuincoyotl uan tochtli, 2nd edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2005:
- —Quemah —oquihtoh in itzcuincoyotl—, inmitzcuas.
- “Yes,” said the coyote, “I’m going to eat you.”