chiquihuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkiwit͡ɬ/

Noun

chiquihuitl (possessive singular īchiquiuh)

1. basket
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 1:

     chiquiuitl. cesto, o canasta.

     (chiquiuitl. a hamper or basket.)

Derived terms

Terms derived from chiquihuitl

• ācachiquihuitl
• chiquitēma (verb)
• cuachiquihuitl
• cuauhchiquihuitl
• cuezcomachiquihuitl
• ēlchiquhuitl
• huitzmecachiquihuitl
• māyechiquihuitl
• tlālchiquihuitl
• tōtōchiquihuitl
• zōyāchiquihuitl

Descendants

• Spanish: chiquihuite, chiquigüite

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 53
• “chiquihuitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2012.