teopixqui

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Central Nahuatl

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Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl teopixqui.

Pronunciation

Noun

teopixqui

  1. priest.

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

From teotl (“god”) +‎ piya (“guard”) +‎ -qui (“forming agent nouns, -er”).

Pronunciation

Noun

teopixqui (animate, plural teopixqueh)

  1. priest
    • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyac yn çã tepiton, yn oq̓motlalili oquimotecpanili yn padre fray Alonſo de Molina ſ. Frãciſco teopixq̓ ynipã nauatlatolli oq̓mocuepili.
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    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 101r. col. 1:
      Teopixqui. eccleſiaſtico,clerigo,oreligioſo.
      (Teopixqui. a churchman, clergyman or religious man.)
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    • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confesionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      In oquimotecpanili padre fray Ioã Baptiſta ſanct Franciſco teupixqui, nican ipan tlahtoca altepetl Tetzcuco.
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    • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001)
      catotequiuh in tèhuāntin titeōpixquè, inīc īpan titlàtōzquè in īteōyōtzin Totēcuiyo Dios. A nuestro cargo de los que somos Sacerdotes està, el mirar, y cuydar de lo que toca à Dios, y al culto diuino;
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References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 252.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 227.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 234.
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