ixtli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

ixtli

  1. surface

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *iiš-tlɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi-ta (“eye”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːʃtɬi/

Noun

īxtli

  1. face (clarification of this definition is needed.)
    Synonym: xāyacatl
  2. surface
  3. eye

Inflection

Possessive forms of ixtli
Singular Plural
1st person noīx toīx
2nd person moīx amoīx
3rd person īīx īnīx
impersonal tēīx

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “824. *pusi ‘eye’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 167
  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 230
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 121
  • Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 222

Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

ixtli

  1. surface
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