chichimecatl

== Central Nahuatl == === Noun === chichimecatl Chichimec people. == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === Singular chichimecatl Chīchīmēcatl Plural chichimeca Chīchīmēcâ === Etymology === Chīchīmān (place name) + -ēcatl "inhabitant" This is sometimes said to be derived from chichi "dog", but the vowel length differs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʃiːtʃiːmeːkatɬ/ === Noun === Chīchīmēcatl (plural Chīchīmēcah) A Chichimec; Chichimeca. c. 1540–1580, Book 10 the Florentine Codex 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001) ==== Derived terms ==== teochichimecatl === References === Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 216. Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 48. Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 214.