chiguat

Maratino

Etymology

Clearly related in some way to Nahuatl cihuatl; Campbell considers the Marantino term a borrowing of the Nahuatl term; Swanton had considered Marantino Uto-Aztecan based on the idea that they were cognate.

Noun

chiguat

  1. woman

References
  • Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America →ISBN, 2000): Maratino chiguat [čiwat] 'woman' is a borrowing from Aztec siwa:tl, as is peyot 'peyote' (from Nahuatl peyotl).
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