chiucnauhmictlan
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 11 August 2014
Alternative forms
- chicunauh mictlan (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From chiucnāhui (“nine”) + mictlān (“underworld, hell”), literally “ninth place of the dead”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃikʷ.naːʍˈmik.t͡ɬaːn]
Noun
chiucnāuhmictlān (locative)
- the final, deepest level of the underworld
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2.
- Chicunauh mictlan . lugar poſtrero y mas profũ / do del infierno.
- Chicunauh mictlan. the final and deepest part of hell.
- Chicunauh mictlan . lugar poſtrero y mas profũ / do del infierno.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2.
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 20v
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