tecpatl
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The glyph designating the day ce tecpatl (“one flint knife”), as depicted on f. 11r the Codex Magliabechiano.
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl tecpatl.
Noun
tecpatl
- Stone knife
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Equivalent to tetl "stone" + *icpatl "top" (compare icpactli "top", icpalli "high-backed seat") according to Andrews (2003).
Pronunciation
Noun
tecpatl inan (plural tecpatl)
- (it is) flint.
- (it is) a flint knife
- (it is) a fint knife motif, especially when worn as an adornment.
- (it is) the eighteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented by a stylized, red and white lanceolate flint knife.
- 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, represented by a stylized flint knife.
- çe tec patl'. ques vna piedra. de pedernal a figura de hierro cõ que ellos sacrificauã
- ce tecpatl. that is to say, a piece of flint shaped like a knife which they used in sacrifice.
- 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, represented by a stylized flint knife.
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 225, 249.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 217.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 233.