pohua

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːwa/

Etymology 1

Related to tlapōhua (“to count, read, pay”).

Verb

pōhua

  1. to read
  2. to tell, relate, narrate
  3. to count
  4. to measure
Conjugation
    Conjugation of 2 (See Appendix:Classical Nahuatl verbs)
first person second person third person
Singular nehhuātl
nehhua
neh 		tehhuātl
tehhua
teh 		yehhuātl
yehhua
yeh
Plural tehhuāntin
tehhuān
tehmeh 		amehhuāntin
amehhuān
amehmeh 		yehhuāntin
yehhuān
yehmeh
Indicative mood
Present nipōhua tipōhua pōhua
tipōhuah ampōhuah pōhuah
Present habitual nipōhuani tipōhuani pōhuani
tipōhuanih ampōhuanih pōhuanih
Imperfective nipōhuaya
ōnipōhuaya 		tipōhuaya
ōtipōhuaya 		pōhuaya
ōpōhuaya
tipōhuayah ōtipōhuayah ampōhuayah ōampōhuayah pōhuayah ōpōhuayah
Preterite nipōuh
ōnipōuh 		tipōuh
ōtipōuh 		pōuh
ōpōuh
tipōuhqueh ōtipōuhqueh ampōuhqueh ōampōuhqueh pōuhqueh ōpōuhqueh
Distant past nipōuhca ōnipōuhca tipōuhca
ōtipōuhca 		pōuhca
ōpōuhca
tipōuhcah ōtipōuhcah ampōuhcah ōampōuhcah pōuhcah ōpōuhcah
Future nipōhuaz
ōnipōhuaz 		tipōhuaz
ōtipōhuaz 		pōhuaz
ōpōhuaz
tipōhuazqueh ōtipōhuazqueh ampōhuazqueh ōampōhuazqueh pōhuazqueh ōpōhuazqueh
Immediate future nipōhuaznequi tipōhuaznequi pōhuaznequi
tipōhuaznequih ampōhuaznequih pōhuaznequih
Conditional mode
nipōhuazquiya ōnipōhuazquiya tipōhuazquiya ōtipōhuazquiya pōhuazquiya ōpōhuazquiya
tipōhuazquiyah ōtipōhuazquiyah ampōhuazquiyah ampōhuazquiyah pōhuazquiyah ōpōhuazquiyah
Optative mood
Non-past nipōhua xipōhua pōhua
tipōhuacān xipōhuacān pōhuacān
Past nipōhuani ōnipōhuani xipōhuani
ōxipōhuani 		pōhuani
ōpōhuani
tipōhuanih ōtipōhuanih xipōhuanih ōxipōhuanih pōhuanih ōpōhuanih
Future nipōhuaz tipōhuaz pōhuaz
tipōhuazqueh ampōhuazqueh pōhuazqueh
Admonitive mood
nipōuh tipōuh pōuh
tipōuhtin ampōuhtin pōuhtin
Note: These forms are autogenerated and may be incorrect
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

pōhua

  1. to brag
  2. to be lofty, haughty or arrogant
Derived terms

References

  • Frances Karttunen (1992), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 168
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