teuctli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈteːkʷ.t͡ɬi]

Noun

tēuctli (plural tētēuctin, possessed -tēcuiyō)

  1. Lord.
    • 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana
      Totecuyoané, tlatoqueé, tlazotitlacaé, oanquimihiyohuiltique...
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    • 1611, Pedro de Arenas, Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana, published 1793:
      SEñor Teuhtli
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Derived terms

References

  • "teuctli", " tecutli", " tecuhtli", " teuhtli", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2009-2025). «Gran Diccionario Náhuatl». gdn.iib.unam.mx (Electronic Dictionary). Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
  • "tecuhtli", Stephanie Wood (2000-2025). «Online Nahuatl Dictionary». nahuatl.wired-humanities.org. University of Oregon, State of Oregon, USA.
  • Alexis Wimmer (2006-2025), “malinal.net”, in Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique [Classical Nahuatl Language Dictionary] (in French)
  • 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.