mahuizzotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• mahuiçotl
• mahuiçōtl (Carochi)
• mahuizçotl
• mahuizotl
• mahuizyotl
• mauizçotl

Etymology

From māhuiztli (“fear”) +‎ -yōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mawisjoːtɬ/
• IPA^(key): /mawissoːtɬ/
• IPA^(key): /mawisoːtɬ/

Noun

mahuizzōtl

1. honor
   • 16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     Auh in quenman, qujtemacaia, in necujltonolli: intlatqujtl, in oqujchiotl, in tiacauhiutl, in tecuiotl, in tlatocaiutl, in pillotl, in mauizçotl.

     (But sometimes he bestowed riches — wealth, heroism, valor, position of dignity, rulership, nobility, honor.)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     f. 7r: De mahuiçōtl la honra sale mahuiçô, persona que tiene honra
     (From mahuiçōtl, honor, comes mahuiçô, person who has honor)
     f. 54v: de mahuizçotl, honra, sale mahuizçô, persona de honra.
     (from mahuizçotl, honor, comes mahuizçô, honored person.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 233
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 38–39, 210–211
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 133
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 223
• 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