teilaquiliztli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tē- (“someone, people”) +‎ ilaquia (“to drown”) +‎ -liztli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teː.ilaˈkilist͡ɬi/

Noun

tēilaquiliztli

1. the drowning of someone; the drowning of people
   • 16th century, Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1:

     Yoan no itech tlamjloia, in teilaqujliztli, in tlaujtequjliztli.
     (And also were attributed to him [Tlaloc] the drowning of people, the thunderbolts.)

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References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson; Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 7