ichtecqui

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ychtecqui

Etymology

From ichtequi (“to steal”) +‎ -qui (agentive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itʃtekki/

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), 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