amiqui

amiqui

See also: a̱miqui

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 7 January 2017

Alternative forms

• a̱miqui (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
• ömi̱qui̱ (Tetelcingo)

Etymology

atl "water" + miqui "die"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmiki/
• IPA^(key): /ɔmɪkɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Verb

amiqui

1. (intransitive) To die of thirst.
2. (intransitive) To be thirsty; to thirst.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r.

     Tener ſed. n,amiqui.

3. (intransitive, Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan) To drown.

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 90, 96, 170
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 10, 84, 213