Central Nahuatl

Noun

michin ‎(animate, plural michimeh)

1. fish

References

• Mancilla Sepulveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Náhuatl, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico City p. 162.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.t͡ʃin]

Noun

michin ‎(animate, plural mīmichtin or michmeh)

1. fish
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. .

     Peſcado generalmente.   atlannemi.atlan chane. / Peſcado propiamẽte.   michin.

     A fish in general. atlannemi. atlan chane. / A fish, properly said.   michin.

   • 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 95v. col. 1.

     Peſcado, generalmente . atlannemini.atlan chane. / Peſcado. propiamente. michin.

     A fish in general. atlannemini. atlan chane. / A fish, properly said. michin.

   • Idem, f. 56r. col. 1.

     Michin. peſcado.

     Michin. a fish.

Derived terms

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 95, 56

Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• mi̱chi̱ (Tetelcingo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mitʃin/
• IPA^(key): /mitʃi/
• IPA^(key): /mɪtʃɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Noun

michin

1. fish
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 195r.

     Peſcado propriamẽte. michin.

   • 17C: Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r

     yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin

     (and fish now bred)

2. (Mecayapan) a particular kind of fish (Spanish robalo)

Synonyms

• (fish in general): to̱poj (Mecayapan)

Derived terms

• coamichin
• michhuah

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 236
• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 76, 141
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 146
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 225
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 253

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mich-ɨm. Compare Classical Nahuatl michin ‎(“fish”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmit͡ʃiŋ/

Noun

michin (plural mijmichin)

1. fish

   Kisket ka tayua pal kitzkiat ne mijmichin‎

   They went out at night to catch the fish