amoxtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• amuxtli

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːmoʃt͡ɬi/

Noun

āmoxtli

1. book
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 155r.

     Libro como quiera. amoxtli.

     (Any book. amoxtli.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2.

     Amoxtli. libro de eſcriptura.

     (Amoxtli. a book of writings.)

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1.

     INIC CE AMUXTLI

     (First book.)

Derived terms

āmoxcalli

āmoxnamacac v

āmoxpōhua

References

• 1981, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1, trans. by Arthur J.O. Anderson & Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 1:
• 1992, Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 11:
• 2001, James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 211:
• 2003, J. Richard, Andrews, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 208: