macehualli

== Central Nahuatl == === Etymology === From Classical Nahuatl mācēhualli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maːseːwalli/ === Noun === macehualli (inanimate) people (when possessed) (one's) subject ==== Inflection ==== === References === Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158. Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88. == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === mācēhualli maceualli macevalli maçehualli masehualli === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maːseːwalli/ === Noun === mācēhualli (plural mācēhualtin) a commoner; a subject; a vassal 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana an Indian; an indigenous person c. 1540–1580, Book 12 the Florentine Codex 1607, Chimalpahin, journal Late 1600s, annals of Puebla auh niman yn justisiatlaca oquinnotzque yn masehualtzitzintin ==== Descendants ==== Central Puebla Nahuatl: macehualli Central Huasteca Nahuatl: macehualli (plural macehualmej) === References === Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 127. Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 223.