chiucnauhmictlan
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- chicunauh mictlan (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From chiucnāhui (“nine”) + mictlān (“underworld, hell”), literally “ninth place of the dead”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chiucnāuhmictlān (locative)
- the final, deepest level of the underworld
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2:
- Chicunauh mictlan . lugar poſtrero y mas profũ / do del infierno.
- Chicunauh mictlan. the final and deepest part of hell.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 20v