Moteuczoma
English
editProper noun
editMoteuczoma
- Alternative spelling of Moctezuma
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- motecçuma [c. 1541: The Codex Mendoza]
- moteuhcçoma
Etymology
edittēuctli (“lord”) + mo-zōmā (“frown in anger”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMotēuczōma
- a male given name, Moctezuma/Montezuma
- 1607, Chimalpahin, journal:
- Don diego luis de moteuhcçoma yhuitltemoctzin . yn ipiltzin tlacatl Don Pedro de moteuhcçoma tlacahuepantzin
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1607, Chimalpahin, journal:
References
edit- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 599.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 153.