maxactli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate with Mecayapan Nahuatl maxa' /maʃaʔ/.

Noun

maxactli

1. crotch, thighs
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:

     Muſlo por parte de dentro. tomaxac.

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   • 16th c., Annals of Cuauhtitlan

     imaxac caquilliaya in imatzotzopaz, auh tlamatocaya inacayo iitic
     he would insert his forearm into her crotch, and feel inside her body

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Related terms

• maxalli
• maxtlatl

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 141
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 247