"miquiztli" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

IPA: [miˈkis.t͡ɬi] Forms: miquiztli [plural]
Etymology: An elision of miquiliztli, from miqui (“to die”). Etymology templates: {{m|nci|miquiliztli}} miquiliztli, {{m|nci|miqui||to die}} miqui (“to die”) Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|plural|miquiztli|g=in}} miquiztli inan (plural miquiztli)
  1. (it is) the action of dying or the state of being dead; death. Tags: inanimate Categories (topical): Death Synonyms (death): miquiliztli
    Sense id: en-miquiztli-nci-noun-HhlJCprl Disambiguation of Death: 63 23 14 Disambiguation of 'death': 66 23 11
  2. (it is) a death's head or skull. Tags: inanimate Synonyms (skull): cuāxīcalli, tzontecomatl
    Sense id: en-miquiztli-nci-noun-VPI5KfRi Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup, Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 35 28 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 22 32 26 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography: 10 25 36 29 Disambiguation of 'skull': 0 100 0
  3. (it is) the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head. Tags: inanimate Categories (topical): Mesoamerican day signs
    Sense id: en-miquiztli-nci-noun-bcsk250V Disambiguation of Mesoamerican day signs: 16 22 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: miquiztlacualli

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for miquiztli meaning in Classical Nahuatl (4.1kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "miquiztlacualli"
    }
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        "1": "nci",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "miqui",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to die"
      },
      "expansion": "miqui (“to die”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An elision of miquiliztli, from miqui (“to die”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "miquiztli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "miquiztli inan (plural miquiztli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "63 23 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "nci:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 177v",
          "roman": "Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.",
          "text": "Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1",
          "roman": "Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.",
          "text": "Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Miquiztli. death.",
          "roman": "Miquiztli. muerte.",
          "text": "Idem, f. 57r. col. 1."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the action of dying or the state of being dead; death."
      ],
      "id": "en-miquiztli-nci-noun-HhlJCprl",
      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
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          "death"
        ]
      ],
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        "(it is) the action of dying or the state of being dead; death."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "66 23 11",
          "sense": "death",
          "word": "miquiliztli"
        }
      ],
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        "inanimate"
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          "_dis": "14 23 35 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 22 32 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 25 36 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales\nynic tlachiuhtli colotli tlatlatili yaoaltic ynic tlatzacutli chamolivitl tẽtlapilolo ycpac ca ỹ miquiztli quetzaltzoyo pepeyocyo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a death's head or skull."
      ],
      "id": "en-miquiztli-nci-noun-VPI5KfRi",
      "links": [
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          "death's head",
          "death's head"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) a death's head or skull."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "sense": "skull",
          "word": "cuāxīcalli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "sense": "skull",
          "word": "tzontecomatl"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "16 22 62",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Mesoamerican day signs",
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            "Calendar",
            "Symbols",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Time",
            "Orthography",
            "All topics",
            "Writing",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
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        {
          "ref": "16th c.: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r. chicunauj. mi quiz tlj / q̇ quiere dezir nueve / ṁuertos. el qúe na / ce en eſte dia es señal / ėntre ellos q̇ a de morir / luego. […]",
          "text": "chicunauj. miquiztlj. which means “nine death”. they say that for one to be born on this day is a sign that he will die later.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head."
      ],
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          "day sign"
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          "tōnalpōhualli",
          "tonalpohualli#Classical Nahuatl"
        ]
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        "(it is) the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head."
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        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[miˈkis.t͡ɬi]"
    }
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}
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    "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 177v",
          "roman": "Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.",
          "text": "Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1",
          "roman": "Death. miquiliztli. miquiztli.",
          "text": "Muerte. miquiliztli.miquiztli.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Miquiztli. death.",
          "roman": "Miquiztli. muerte.",
          "text": "Idem, f. 57r. col. 1."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the action of dying or the state of being dead; death."
      ],
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          "dying",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) the action of dying or the state of being dead; death."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales\nynic tlachiuhtli colotli tlatlatili yaoaltic ynic tlatzacutli chamolivitl tẽtlapilolo ycpac ca ỹ miquiztli quetzaltzoyo pepeyocyo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a death's head or skull."
      ],
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        [
          "death's head",
          "death's head"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) a death's head or skull."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "16th c.: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r. chicunauj. mi quiz tlj / q̇ quiere dezir nueve / ṁuertos. el qúe na / ce en eſte dia es señal / ėntre ellos q̇ a de morir / luego. […]",
          "text": "chicunauj. miquiztlj. which means “nine death”. they say that for one to be born on this day is a sign that he will die later.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head."
      ],
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          "day sign",
          "day sign"
        ],
        [
          "tōnalpōhualli",
          "tonalpohualli#Classical Nahuatl"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "it is",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(it is) the sixth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a flaking death's head."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[miˈkis.t͡ɬi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "death",
      "word": "miquiliztli"
    },
    {
      "sense": "skull",
      "word": "cuāxīcalli"
    },
    {
      "sense": "skull",
      "word": "tzontecomatl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miquiztli"
}

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