one-rabbit
one-rabbit verb: to inflict the 1454 famine on.
Verb
one-rabbit (third-person singular simple present one-rabbits, present participle one-rabbiting, simple past and past participle one-rabbited)
- To inflict the 1454 famine on.
- The worst year, 1454, was One Rabbit, the year when the people were “one-rabbited”1989, Louise M. Burkhart, The Slippery Earth: Nahua-Christian Moral Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, University of Arizona Press
- For four years there was famine. The fourth year was when everyone was “One-Rabbited.”1997, Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder (eds. and trans.), Codex Chimalpahin: Society and Politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and Other Nahua Altepetl in Central...
Forms of one-rabbit
| third-person singular present | one-rabbits |
|---|---|
| present participle | one-rabbiting |
| past participle | one-rabbited |
| past | one-rabbited |
| alternative form | One-Rabbit |
| alternative form | one rabbit |
| alternative form | One Rabbit |
Origin of one-rabbit
Calque of Classical Nahuatl cētōchhuia, from cē tōchtli (“One Rabbit”, the year 1454 in the Aztec calendar) + -huia
Questions about one-rabbit
- What does one-rabbit mean?
- One-rabbit means to inflict the 1454 famine on.
- What part of speech is one-rabbit?
- One-rabbit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of one-rabbit?
- The past tense of one-rabbit is one-rabbited.
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