cahualli. | Nahuatl Dictionary

cahualli.

Headword:

cahualli.

Principal English Translation:

one who is left behind, such as a widow or widower (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

cāhualli

IPAspelling:

kɑːwɑlli

Frances Karttunen:

CĀHUAL-LI one who is left behind, widow, widower / viudo, viuda (X) This is attested as a free form in X and Z and is abundantly attested in compounds across sources. See CĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 20.

IDIEZ morfema:

cāhualli.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés:

1. a person abandoned by their spouse. 2. a nibbled piece of fruit.

IDIEZ def. náhuatl:

1. ni. Macehualli tlen quicauhqui itetah zo icihuauh. “Flor cahualli pampa itetah yahqui huanya ceyoc cihuatl. ” 2. Cuatlacquetl tlen tlatzacanilli. “Alaxox cahualli pampa quicoyonihtoc cuachenche. ”

IDIEZ morfología:

cāhua (tlachiuhtli).

IDIEZ gramática:

tlat.

themes:

Family, Kinship, Descent