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Classical Nahuatl
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Etymology
From tepoztli (“metal”) + māccuahuitl.
Pronunciation
Noun
tepozmāccuahuitl
- Sword.
- 1640–41: Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), The Animal Prophet and the Fortunate Patricide, f. 22v.
ymeço yc ticàaltiz yn tepozmāhquahuitl
(You will bathe the sword with their blood.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- Sell, Barry D. with Louise M. Burkhart and Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 187