chichimecatl

Noun

 * 1) Chichimec people.

Alternative forms
Singular Plural

Etymology
Chīchīmān (place name) + -ēcatl "inhabitant"

This is sometimes said to be derived from  "dog", but the vowel length differs.

Noun

 * 1) A Chichimec; Chichimeca.
 * 2) * c. 1540–1580, Book 10 the Florentine Codex
 * "nci"

- Iz catqui in intlaqual chichimeca


 * 1) * 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001)
 * "nci"

- Chīchīmēcatl, Chichimeco de nacion ... Plurales se forman con solo perdese la final, tl, y poniendo sobre la vltima vocal el saltillo final, (^) que hemos dicho ser accento de todo plural acabado en vocal desta manera Mexicâ, Otomî, Chīchīmēcâ, Tepotzòtēcâ, Tetzcòcâ.