miqui

See also: mi̱qui̱

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miki/

Verb

miqui

  1. (intransitive) To die.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mɨki (to die), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mukki (to die, to be sick).[1]

Cognate with Hopi mooki and O'odham mu꞉k (to die).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miki/

Verb

miqui

  1. (intransitive) To die.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “655a. *mukki ‘die, be sick, smitten’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 146
  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 237
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 148
  • Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 225

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl miqui

Verb

miqui

  1. to die.