mictia

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mɨktia,[1] from *mɨki (“to die”) +‎ *-tia (causative). By surface analysis, miqui (“to die”) +‎ -tiā (“causative”).

Verb

mictiā

  1. (transitive) To kill.

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 266 of 262–279: “(94) kill *mɨktia”
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