quimichtin
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quimichtin
- plural of quimichin
- (figuratively) The sentinels or spies of a city.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 90r. col. 1:
- Quimichtin. ratones, o eſcuchas y eſculcas delas ciudades.
(Qumichtin. mice, or spies and sentinels of the cities.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 90