ahuiyani

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From āhuiya (“to be content”) +‎ -ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈwi.ja.ni/

Noun

āhuiyani (animate, plural āhuiyanimeh)

1. prostitute
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r:

     Puta del burdel. auiani.motzin namacani.motetlaneuh-
     tiani.
     (Whore from a brothel. auiani. motzin namacani. motetlaneuhtiani.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 9v. col. 1:

     Auiani. puta,o mala muger.
     (Auiani. a whore, a bad woman.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (prostitute): motētlaneuhtiāni, motzinnāmacani

Derived terms

• āhuiyanicalli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 8
• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 341