ichcatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ychcatl (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈit͡ʃ.kat͡ɬ]

Etymology 1

From ichtli (“maguey fiber”) +‎ -catl.

Noun

ichcatl (plural ichcameh)

cotton
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 25r.
  Algodon. ychcatl.
  Cotton. ychcatl.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 8r. col. 2.
  Algodon. ychcatl.
  Cotton. ychcatl.
- Idem, f. 32r. col. 2.
  Ichcatl . algodón, o oueja.
  Ichcatl. cotton, or a sheep.
sheep
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 186r.
  Oueja.ychcatl.ciuaichcatl.
  A sheep. ychcatl. ciuaichcatl.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 65r. col. 1.
  Ganado menudo. ychcame. tentzoneque. &c.
  Lesser cattle. ychcame. tentzoneque. etc.
- Idem, f. 91r. col. 2.
  Oueja. ychcatl. ciuaichcatl.
  A sheep. ychcatl. ciuaichatl.
- Idem, f. 32r. col. 2.
  Ichcame. hato de ouejas, o manada dellas. […] / Ichcatl . algodón, o oueja.
  Ichcame. a group of sheep, or a herd of them. […] / Ichcatl. cotton, or a sheep.

Derived terms

cihuāichcatl
ichcacalli
ichcaconētl
ichcahuah
ichcahuīpīlli
ichcapixqui
ichcatilmahtli
ichcayōtl

Descendants

Mecayapan Nahuatl: ichca'
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ichcatl

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 65r, 91r, 32r
Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 92–93
James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 219
J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 225

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ichcatl. Cognate to Mecayapan Nahuatl ichca'.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /itʃkatɬ/

Noun

ichcatl

References

Forrest Brewer; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 5, 58, 129

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