amiqui

See also: a̱miqui

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 7 January 2016

Etymology

atl "water" + miqui "die"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːmiki/

Verb

amiqui

(intransitive) To die of thirst.
(intransitive) To be thirsty; to thirst.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r:
  Tener ſed. n,amiqui.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10

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