namictli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Related to nāmiqui (“to meet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːˈmikt͡ɬi/

Noun

nāmictli (plural nānāmictin)

1. A spouse; a husband or wife.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 062v. col. 2:

   namictli. casado o casada.

   (namictli. a married man or woman.)

Derived terms

• mānāmictli
• nāmictiā (verb)

Related terms

• nenāmictiliztli

References

• “namictli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.