cemihcac

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cemicac

Etymology

cem- (“whole; entire”) +‎ ihca (“be standing”) +‎ -c

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semiʔkak/

Noun

cemihcac

1. everlasting; eternal
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 225v:

     Siempre, aduerbio. muchipa.cemicac.aiccaui.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 17C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Chimalpahin, Exercicio quotidiano, f. 3v.

     Jn dios. tetatzin inic cenca oquimotlaçotili in cemanahuac tlaca. oquinmomaquili in itlaçopiltzin. in çan iceltzin mehuiltia ynic amo polihuiz yn çaço aquin quimoneltoquitia. çan quicnopilhuiz. quimaxcatiz. in cemicac nemiliztli

     ([John 3:16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

Synonyms

• ahtlanqui
• ahtzonquizqui

Derived terms

• cemihcacayolihuayan
• cemihcacayoliztli

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Volume 2, →ISBN, pages 132–133
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 29