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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
tēuctli (plural tētēuctin, possessed -tēcuiyō)
- Lord.
- 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana
1611, Pedro de Arenas, Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana, published 1793:
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 254.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 237.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 235.