mictihuetzi

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 8 December 2012

Alternative forms

mictiuetzi

Etymology

miqui "to die" + -ti- + huetzi "to fall"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miktiwetsi/

Verb

mictihuetzi (intransitive)

To fall to one's death.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:
  Morir cayendo. nimictiuetzi.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
To die suddenly.

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