paqui
See also: Paqui
Central Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- pa̱qui (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːki/
Verb
paqui
- (intransitive) To be happy.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 14v:
- Alegrarſe. ni,papaqui. ni,paqui. ni,ahauia. n,auia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- pahpāqui
- paquiliztli
- paquini
- yolpaqui
References
- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, archived from the original on 5 February 2007, pages 108, 213
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaki/ [ˈpa.ki]
- Rhymes: -aki
- Syllabification: pa‧qui
Adjective
paqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural paquis)
- (gay slang, Argentina, sometimes derogatory) straight (heterosexual)
- un boliche paqui
- a straight nightclub
Noun
paqui m or f by sense (plural paquis)
- (gay slang, Argentina, sometimes derogatory) straight (heterosexual)
References
- Giménez, Paula de (2021 July 21) “¿Qué es ser ‘paqui’ y de dónde viene?”, in Filo.news (in Spanish), retrieved 10 December 2023
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