mictihuetzi
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 8 December 2012
Alternative forms
Etymology
From miqui (“to die”) + -ti- (“ligature”) + huetzi (“to fall, to do something quickly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miktiwetsi/
Verb
mictihuetzi (intransitive)
- To fall to one's death.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:
- Morir cayendo. nimictiuetzi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To die suddenly.