cihuatl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Texcoco): zihuatl
• (Tlaxcala): siuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cihuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsiwaːtɬ]

Noun

cihuatl (plural cihuameh)

1. woman

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ciuatl, zihuatl (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

Compare Central Huasteca Nahuatl siuatl, Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cihuatl, Guerrero Nahuatl siwatl, Highland Puebla Nahuatl sihua̱t, Mecayapan Nahuatl sihua̱', Northern Puebla Nahuatl sihuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl sohuatl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl siwatl, Western Huasteca Nahuatl siuatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl siuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsíwaːt͡ɬ]

Noun

cihuatl anim (plural cihuah or cihuāmeh)

1. (she is) a woman.
   • 1673, Agustín de Vetancurt, Arte de la lengua mexicana:

     Aca zihuatl ytech otâçic?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (when in the possessive) (she is) a wife.

Derived terms

• cihuamiztli
• cihuapilli
• cihuateteo
• cihuatlamacazqui
• cihuatotolin

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 213
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 35, 348
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

cihuatl

1. Obsolete spelling of siwatl

References

• Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.