Classical Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ichtli "maguey fibre" + cuēitl "skirt"

Pronunciation

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See ichtli.

Noun

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ichcuēitl

  1. A skirt of maguey fibre.
    • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Ychcueitl, naguas de muger, nichcue, vel nochcue, mis naguas.
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