amoxpohua
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From āmoxtli (“book, codex”) + pōhua (“to tell, read”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
āmoxpōhua
- (intransitive) to read from a book or text.
- Synonym: āmapōhua
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 5v. col. 2:
- amoxpoa. n. (pret. onamoxpouh.) leer libro, o relatar el proceso.
- amoxpoa. to read a book, or to relate a process.
- (intransitive) to relate or narrate a process.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 5v. col. 2:
- amoxpoa. n. (pret. onamoxpouh.) leer libro, o relatar el proceso.
- amoxpoa. to read a book, or to relate a process.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 11