Nezahualpilli

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Classical Nahuatl

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Nezahualpilli in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Nezahual(coyōtl) + pilli "child"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neˈs̻awalˈpilːi/

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.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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