hueyi
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- uei, uey, vei, vey (obsolete spellings)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈweː.ji]
Noun
huēyi (inanimate)
- Something large, big, great, etc.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 132v.
- Grande coſa. uey .uey pul.yxachi.yxachipul.
- Something big. uey. ueypul. yxachi. yxachipul.
- Grande coſa. uey .uey pul.yxachi.yxachipul.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 66v. col. 1.
- Grande coſa.vey.veypul.yxachi. yxachipul.
- Something big. vey. veypul. yxaci. yxachipul.
- Grande coſa.vey.veypul.yxachi. yxachipul.
- Idem, f. 155v. col. 1.
- Vey. grande.
- Vey. big.
- Vey. grande.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 132v.
Derived terms
Terms derived from huēyi
- huēyi āehēcatl
- huēyi āltepētl
- huēyi ānalli
- huēyi ātēntli
- huēyi ātezcatl
- huēyi ātl
- huēyicāyōtl
- huēyi cihuāpilli
- huēyi cihuātlahtoāni
- huēyi citlālin
- huēyi mahpilli
- huēyipōl
- huēyi tēcpan
- huēyi tēcpancalli
- huēyi teōpixcātlahtoāni
- huēyi tlahtoāni
- huēyi tlālli
- huēyi tlohtli
- huēyi xopilli
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 66v, 155v
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl huēyi
Adjective
hueyi (plural huehhueyi)
- big, great.