maxactli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate with Mecayapan Nahuatl maxa' /maʃaʔ/.

Noun

maxactli

crotch, thighs
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v.
  Muſlo por parte de dentro. tomaxac.
- 16th c., Annals of Cuauhtitlan
  imaxac caquilliaya in imatzotzopaz, auh tlamatocaya inacayo iitic
  
  he would insert his forearm into her crotch, and feel inside her body

Related terms

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 141
Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 247

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