Reconstruction:Classical Nahuatl/ilamatqui
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom ilamati (“for a woman to age, grow old”) + -qui. Attested indirectly in forms like the apocopic ilama, the plural ilamatqueh, and derived terms like the diminutive ilamatcātōntli (“small old woman”) (cf. huēhueh and *huēhuetqui (“old man”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*ilamatqui (animate)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 37r