chichicatl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

chichicatl

  1. bile,
  2. spittle, saliva.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From chichic (“bitter”) +‎ atl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃitʃikatɬ/

Noun

chichicatl

  1. Bile.
  2. Gall bladder.
  3. Descendant.
  4. Ancestor.
    • c. 1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 18r.
      yn huehuetque yllamatque. catca yn tocihuan tocolhuan yn tachtõhuan yn tomintonhuan yn topiptonhuã yn tochichicahuan
      (those who were the ancient ones, men and women, our grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great grandparents, great-grandmothers, our forefathers)
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References

  • "chichicatl", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2009-2025). «Gran Diccionario Náhuatl». gdn.iib.unam.mx (Electronic Dictionary). Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
  • "chichicatl", Stephanie Wood (2000-2025). «Online Nahuatl Dictionary». nahuatl.wired-humanities.org. University of Oregon, State of Oregon, USA.
  • Alexis Wimmer (2006-2025), “malinal.net”, in Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique [Classical Nahuatl Language Dictionary] (in French)
  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 60–61
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 47
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