ahuiyani
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From āhuiya (“to be content”) + -ni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈwi.ja.ni/
Noun
āhuiyani (animate, plural āhuiyanimeh)
- prostitute
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r:
- Puta del burdel. auiani.motzin namacani.motetlaneuh-
tiani.
(Whore from a brothel. auiani. motzin namacani. motetlaneuhtiani.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 9v. col. 1:
- Auiani. puta,o mala muger.
(Auiani. a whore, a bad woman.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
- (prostitute): motētlaneuhtiāni, motzinnāmacani
Derived terms
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 8
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 341
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