mexihcopahuic
Appearance
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mexicopauic (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Mēxihco (“Mexico”) + -pahuīc (“to, toward”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]mēxihcopahuīc
- To or toward Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55v. col. 2:
- Mexicopa. hazia Mexico. / Mexicopauic. idem.
- Mexicopa. to [or toward] Mexico. / Mexicopauic. the same.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 55