cihtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• citli (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siʔtɬi/

Etymology 1

Noun

cihtli

1. Grandmother or grandfather's sister.
   • c. 1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 18r.

     yn huehuetque yllamatque. catca yn tocihuan tocolhuan yn tachtõhuan yn tomintonhuan yn topiptonhuã yn tochichicahuan
     (those who were the ancient ones, men and women, our grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great grandparents, great-grandmothers, our forefathers)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Usually occurs with a possessive prefix, such as tēcih "one's grandmother" or nocih "my grandmother".

Derived terms

• Tocih

Etymology 2

Noun

cihtli (animate)

1. hare
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 155v:

     Liebre animal. citli.
     (A hare; the animal. citli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 1:

     Citli. liebre,abuela, o tia hermana de abuelo.
     (Citli. a hare, a grandmother, or an aunt (who is the) sister of a grandfather.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cihtepitōn
• cihtōntli
• cihyōtl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 213
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 60–61
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 34
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215