Tezcatlipoca

Tezcatlipoca

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Tezcatlipoca.

Proper noun

Tezcatlipoca

1. An Aztec god.

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Karttunen (1983) writes Tēzcatlepōca (IPA^(key): /teːskatɬepoːka/); Andrews (2003) writes Tezcatl-Ihpōca (IPA^(key): /teskatɬiʔpoːka/).

Proper noun

Tezcatlipoca

1. An Aztec god.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     Jnic ey, capitulo, ytechpa tlatoa in teutl, yn jtoca tezcatlipoca

     (Third Chapter, which telleth of the god named Tezcatlipoca)

See also

• necoc yaotl
• Titlacahuan

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 604
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 239
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 5