amiqui

See also: a̱miqui

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 7 January 2016

Etymology

atl "water" + miqui "die"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmiki/

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10