quiçaʹ
Pochutec
Etymology
Cognate with Classical Nahuatl quīza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiˈsa/
Verb
quiçaʹ
- (intransitive) go out, leave
- 1917 July, Franz Boas, quoting Ines Vázquez quoting Pepe, “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 1, DOI:–44: , JSTOR 1263398, pages 9
- Az xichué perder la esperanza que nen quicéz de la prisión.
- Do not lose hope that I will get out of prison.
- 1917 July, Franz Boas, quoting Sabina Martínez, “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 1, DOI:–44: , JSTOR 1263398, pages 9
- ma queʹt quiztuʹc apotoʹct
- The smoke is coming out there.
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References
- Boas, Franz (July 1917), “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, issue 1, DOI:, JSTOR 1263398, pages 9–44