Tezcatlipoca
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English
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl Tezcatlipoca.
Proper noun
Tezcatlipoca
- An Aztec god.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Related to tezcatl. According to some theory, literally "smoking mirror".
Pronunciation
Karttunen (1983) writes Tēzcatlepōca (IPA(key): /teːskatɬepoːka/); Andrews (2003) writes Tezcatl-Ihpōca (IPA(key): /teskatɬiʔpoːka/).
Proper noun
Tezcatlipoca
- 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)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1
See also
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) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 5