macehualli

See also: maçehualli

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl mācēhualli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːseːwalli/

Noun

macehualli (inanimate)

1. people

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)

1. a commoner; a subject; a vassal
   • 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana

     ca timacehualtin, tipolihuini timiquini, yeh mahca timiquican, yeh mahca tipolihuican, tel ca teteo in omicque.

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   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios:

     Cuix molhuil, cuix momàcehual in timācēhualli in tinēntlācatl, inic ināhuac titlaquāz in motlàtòcāuh? mereces tu hombre plebeyo, y de nonada comer con tu señor.

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   • 1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, Huei tlamahuiçoltica...:

     çe momaçehualtzin noTla huei cocoliztli in itech omotlali

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2. an Indian; an indigenous person
   • c. 1540–1580, Book 12 the Florentine Codex

     Auh niman in iehoan Españoles, quitlalique in quauhtematlatl in mumuzticpac, inic quintepachozq̄ in macevaltin.

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   • 1607, Chimalpahin, journal

     Yhuan yn ypan in omoteneuh metztli miyequintin atlan micque yn matlanhuique macehualtin .

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   • 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.