Classical Nahuatl [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

huehue ueue veue ( obsolete spellings )

Etymology [ edit ]

Reduplicated from the root of huēyi (“it is something large; great”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Nominal nuclear clause [ edit ]

huēhueh (animate, plural huēhuētqueh)

he is an elderly man. 1547 , Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana , ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875) Veue , viejo, noueuetcauh . ... Ueue , viejo. Ueuetque .

, Andrés de Olmos, , ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875) 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001) huēhuê, viejo.

Coordinate terms [ edit ]

( sex ) : ilama

( age ) : conētl pilli

Derived terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]