atezcatl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

atezcatl

1. lake.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From ātl (“water”) +‎ tezcatl (“mirror”).

Pronunciation

Karttunen (1983) and Lockhart (2001) write ātēzcatl; Andrews (2003) writes ātezcatl.

Noun

ātezcatl

1. A puddle; a shallow pool.

Derived terms

• atezcatentli

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 206.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 13.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 211.