Tlaloc

Tlaloc

See also: Tláloc

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Tlāloc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tləˈloʊk/

Proper noun

Tlaloc

1. An important Mexica deity; god of rain, fertility and water.

Translations

Aztec rain god

Classical Nahuatl: Tlāloc Pipil: Tlalok

Spanish: Tláloc (es)

See also

• Huitzilopochtli

Anagrams

• LOLcat, call to, callot, lactol, lolcat

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Classical Nahuatl

Tlāloc

Etymology

Perhaps from tlālloh (“something earthen, covered in earth”), but in any case the first syllable is almost certainly from tlālli (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɬaːlok/
• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɬáː.lok]

Proper noun

Tlāloc

1. Tlaloc

Derived terms

• Tlālocan
• Tlālohqueh

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 276