paquiliztli
Classical Nahuatl
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editEtymology
editFrom pāqui (“to be happy”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpāquiliztli
- happiness, joy
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 14v:
- Alegria. papaquiliztli. paquiliztli. ahauializtli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 2:
- paquiliztli. gozo y alegria.
(paquiliztli. joy and happiness.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 188
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
editEtymology
editCognate to Classical Nahuatl pāquiliztli
Noun
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