maxactli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate with Mecayapan Nahuatl maxa' /maʃaʔ/.

Noun

maxactli

  1. crotch, thighs
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:
      Muſlo por parte de dentro. tomaxac.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 247
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