mihtotihqui

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From ihtōtiā (“to dance”) +‎ -qui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miʔ.toːˈtiʔ.ki]

Noun

mihtōtihqui (animate, plural mihtōtihqueh)

1. dancer
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 57r. col. 1:

   Mitotiqui. dançante.

   Mitotiqui. a dancer.

Related terms

• mihtohtli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 147
• “mitotiqui” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.