tochtli

Classical Nahuatl

The day sign "rabbit", from the Codex Magliabechiano.

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːtʃtɬi/
• IPA: /toːtʃin/

Etymology

Acc. to Andrews (2003), "a thing that runs fast", related to the verb totōca "run fast".

Noun

tōchtli or tōchin (plural tōtōchtin)

1. Rabbit.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana f. 51r.

     Conejo. tochtli. tochin.

   • c1600: "Anónimo Mexicano", f. 11r.

     onca:ncanaía, tepe Zolime, totochtin, cuauhtotolim, [etc.]

     (There were patridges, rabbits, fowl, [etc.])

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r

     ca maçatl. tochtli. tequani. cohuatl. tototl. yn quiminaya.

     (With their arrows they shot deer, rabbits, fierce animals, snakes, and birds.)

2. An Aztec day sign.

Derived terms

• ocōtōchtli
• tōchcalli

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 255:
• 2005, Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Logan: Utah State University Press, page p. 29:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 239: