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chicactic.

Headword: 
chicactic.
Principal English Translation: 

something tough and strong; or, an elderly person

Orthographic Variants: 
chicauac
IPAspelling: 
tʃikɑktik
Alonso de Molina: 

chicactic. cosa rezia y fuerte, o persona anciana.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHICACTIC something robust, strong, powerful; someone who has attained old age / cosa recia y fuerte, o persona anciana (M) [(1)Tp.124]. See CHICĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 46.

IDIEZ morfema: 
chicactic.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
fruit or other objects that are very hard.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Tlamantli cuatlacquetl zo ceyoc tlamantli tlen axcanah yamanic. “Cuaxilotl mehcatzan iuccicca nelchicactic pampa quiahcic tecihuitl. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
#cosa fruta que no se ablanda cuando se madura. “plátano quedo duro unos porque le cayo granizo.”
IDIEZ morfología: 
chicactli, ti1, cā.
IDIEZ gramática: 
quen.
themes: 
Aging (People, Things)