macehualli

See also: maçehualli

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl mācēhualli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːseːwalli/

Noun

macehualli (inanimate)

people
(when possessed) (one's) subject

Inflection

Possessive forms of *macehualli*
	Singular	Plural
1st person	nomacehualhuan	tomacehualhuan
2nd person	momacehualhuan	amomacehualhuan
3rd person	īmacehualhuan	īmmacehualhuan
impersonal	tēmacehualhuan

References

Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.
Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːseːwalli/

Noun

mācēhualli (plural mācēhualtin)

a commoner; a subject; a vassal
- 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana
  ca timacehualtin, tipolihuini timiquini, yeh mahca timiquican, yeh mahca tipolihuican, tel ca teteo in omicque.
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- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios:
  Cuix molhuil, cuix momàcehual in timācēhualli in tinēntlācatl, inic ināhuac titlaquāz in motlàtòcāuh? mereces tu hombre plebeyo, y de nonada comer con tu señor.
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- 1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, Huei tlamahuiçoltica...:
  çe momaçehualtzin noTla huei cocoliztli in itech omotlali
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an Indian; an indigenous person
- c. 1540–1580, Book 12 the Florentine Codex
  Auh niman in iehoan Españoles, quitlalique in quauhtematlatl in mumuzticpac, inic quintepachozq̄ in macevaltin.
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- 1607, Chimalpahin, journal
  Yhuan yn ypan in omoteneuh metztli miyequintin atlan micque yn matlanhuique macehualtin .
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- Late 1600s, annals of Puebla
  auh niman yn justisiatlaca oquinnotzque yn masehualtzitzintin

Descendants

Central Puebla Nahuatl: macehualli
Central Huasteca Nahuatl: macehualli (plural macehualmej)

References

Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 127.
Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 223.