Tezcatlipoca

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Tezcatlipoca.

Proper noun

Tezcatlipoca

1. An Aztec god.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Related to tezcatl. According to some theory, literally "smoking mirror".

Pronunciation

Karttunen (1983) writes Tēzcatlepōca (IPA^(key): /teːskatɬepoːka/); Andrews (2003) writes Tezcatl-Ihpōca (IPA^(key): /teskatɬiʔpoːka/).

Proper noun

Tezcatlipoca

1. An Aztec god.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     Jnic ey, capitulo, ytechpa tlatoa in teutl, yn jtoca tezcatlipoca

     (Third Chapter, which telleth of the god named Tezcatlipoca)

See also

• necoc yaotl
• Titlacahuan

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 604
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 239
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 5