tziucnoliztli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tzicunoliztli (obsolete)

Etymology

tziucnoa (“to hiccup”) +‎ -liztli

Noun

tziucnoliztli

1. The hiccups.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 141r:

     Hipo aſſi. tzicunoliztli. tzitzicunoliztli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 311