icxitl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

icxitl

1. (Milpa Alta) foot

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kapsi-ta (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikʃitɬ/

Noun

icxitl

1. foot
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, edited by Rémi Siméon, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, published 1875:

     icxitl, pie, nocxi, mi pie.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 225.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 95.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 220.