Cihuameh
/siˈwa.meʔ/noun
A Nahuatl plural noun meaning "women."
Did you know?In Nahuatl, the ending -meh marks plurality, so cihuameh is the plural of cihuatl, and the word preserves a living glimpse of pre-Columbian gendered language rather than a mystical hidden meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
PUA
*kɨwa
“An ancestral form reconstructed for "woman" or "wife" in the Uto-Aztecan family.”
Classical Nahuatl
Náhuatl
cihuatl
“Woman; wife.”
Classical Nahuatl
Náhuatl
cihuameh
“Women.”
Modern English
English
cihuameh
“A borrowed Nahuatl word used in scholarly, historical, and cultural contexts.”