-huah

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• -ua (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-waʔ]

Suffix

-huah (plural -huahqueh)

1. (appended to nouns) a possessive suffix; indicates the possessor or owner of the root word.

   āxcāitl (“goods; riches”) → āxcāhuah (“he who has riches; a wealthy man”)

   michin (“a fish”) → michhuah (“he who has fish; a fisher”)

   tlācatl (“a person”) → tlācahuah (“he who owns a person; a slaveowner”)

Synonyms

• -eh

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -huah