acui. | Nahuatl Dictionary

acui.

Headword:

acui.

Principal English Translation:

to swim (see Karttunen); to go get water

Orthographic Variants:

ācui

Frances Karttunen:

ĀCUI pret: -C to swim / nada (de nadar) (Z)[(1)Zp.140]. Z has the reflex of AH rather than Ā-TL, but the sense demands the latter. See Ā-TL, CUI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 3.

Attestations from sources in English:

We also see "nicamati niahquiz" for "I know how to swim" in Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl. See the IDIEZ instructional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNC0LfZG3uY&feature=youtu.be.

IDIEZ morfema:

ācui.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés:

to fetch water.

IDIEZ def. náhuatl:

ni. Macehualli quiquixtia zo quicui atl pan amelli zo pan atlauhtli. “Na niacui pampa noma motectoc huan axhueli quitlalana cobetah tlen etic. ”

IDIEZ def. español:

# una persona saca o agarra agua en un pozo o en el arroyo. “yo agarro agua porque mi mamá esta acostada y no puede levantar cubeta que pesa”.

IDIEZ morfología:

ātl, cui.

IDIEZ gramática:

tlach1.