ticitl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːsit͡ɬ/

Noun

tīcitl (animate, plural tītīcih)

1. doctor, healer, physician
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 167r:

     Medico o fiſico.  tecitl.tepati.tepatiani.tlama.

     A doctor or physician.  tecitl.tepati.tepatiani.tlama.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 173r. col. 1:

     Ticitl. medico, o agorero y echador de ſuertes.

     Ticitl. a doctor, or a soothsayer and drawer of lots.

   • Idem, f. 113v. col. 1.

     Titici. medicos.

     Titici. doctors.

2. diviner, soothsayer
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 7v:

     Adiuinacion por ſuertes o agueros.nitla,poa. ni,ticiti. […] / Aiduino tal. tlapouhqui.ticitl.

     Divination using fate or omens.nitla,poa. ni,ticiti. […] / Diviner who divines in this way. tlapouhqui.ticitl.)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 113r. col. 1:

     Ticitl. medico, o agorero y echador de ſuertes.

     Ticitl. a doctor, or a soothsayer and drawer of lots.

Synonyms

• (healer, physician): tēpahtiāni, tlamah
• (diviner, soothsayer): tlapōuhqui, tōnalpōuhqui

References

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 254
• Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 240
• James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 235
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 173