micqui

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• miqui

Etymology

Form miqui (“to die”) +‎ -qui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmik.ki/, [ˈmík̚.ki]

Noun

micqui (animate, plural mīmicqueh)

1. One that has died; a dead person or animal.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 37r. col. 1:

     Defuncto. micqui.
     (Deceased. micqui.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56r. col. 2:

     Micqui. muerto, o deffuncto.
     (Micqui. dead, or deceased.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• ahmicqui
• xochimicqui

Related terms

• miccāzāyōlin
• miquiztli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 146
• James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 225
• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 321