ichtecqui

ichtecqui

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ychtecqui
• ichtejqui̱ (Tetelcingo)

Etymology

ichtequi "to steal" + -qui (agentive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itʃtekki/
• IPA^(key): /itʃtehkɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Noun

ichtecqui

1. A thief.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 152r

     Ladron eſcondido. ychtecqui.ychtequini.

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 63r

     In ichtecqui quintlacuìcuīlia in nènenquê, el ladron quita à los caminantes lo que lleuan

     (The thief takes what they are carrying from those passing by)

Synonyms

• ichtequini

Derived terms

• ychteccatetlatzontequiliani

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 14, 56, 130
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. and ed. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 242–243
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 93
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 219