Nezahualpilli

Nezahualpilli

Classical Nahuatl

Nezahualpilli in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.

Alternative forms

• Neçahualpilli

Etymology

Nezahual(coyōtl) + pilli "child"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nesawalpilli/

Proper noun

Nezahualpilli

1. A male given name. Borne by a ruler of Texcoco, the son of Nezahualcoyotl.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della

     oc yuh huècāuh huāllāzquè in caxtiltēcà, in yecuēl quimomachiltiāya in Neçahualpiltzintli in īnhuāllāliz. Mucho antes que viniessen los Españoles, sabia el Rey neçahualpiltzintli su venida; à la letra; toda via despeus de largo tiempo vendran los Españoles, y ya sabia, neçahualpiltzintli su venida.

     (Long before the Spaniards came, the king Neçahualpiltzintli knew of their coming; literally, still after a long time the Spaniards will come and Neçahualpiltzintli already knew of their coming.)

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, translated and edited with commentary by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanfod University Press, pages 316–317
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 172