Tamooc

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tamaoc, tamomox, tamuoc

Etymology

From Huastec Tamuch "near the scorpions" according to Brinton (1886), "but this interpretation seems unlikely" according to Nicholson (1973).

Proper noun

Tamooc

1. A place conquered during the rule of Axayacatl.
   • 16C, Codex Mendoza, f. 10v.

     tamuoc . pŭ

   • 17C, Annals of Cuauhtitlan, 64:37,45

     nican hualtequitia [...] tamaoc

     (Those who paid tribute here [i.e., to Tetzcoco?]: [...] Tamaoc)

   • 17C, ibid., 67:6–8,17–18

     Auh yn iquac yn oyuh onmic yn moteucçoma yc ontlatocat yn Axayacatzin [...] auh yehuatl quinpeuh [...] tochpan [=] tenexticpac = tapatel = tamomox ·

     (And when Moteuczoma died, Axayacatzin became ruler. [...] And he conquered [...] Tochpan, Tenexticpac, Tapatel, Tamomox.)

   • 17C, Legend of the Suns, 84:50–51, 121:4–5

     auh in itepehual izquicanin in axayacatzin [...] Tenexticpac, Tochpan, Tampatel, Quauhtlan, Tamooc ·

     (Now, all the places of Axayacatzin's conquests: [...] Tenexticpac, Tochpan, Tampatel, Cuauhtlan, Tamooc.)

References

• Bierhorst, John (1992) Codex Chimalpopoca: The Text in Nahuatl with a Glossary and Grammatical Notes, Tucson & London: The University of Arizona Press, pages 79, 83, 99
• Bierhorst, John (1992) History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, pages 131, 136, 160–161
• Brinton, Daniel G. (1886) “On the Ikonomatic Method of Phonetic Writing, with Special Reference to American Archæology”, in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 23, number 124, page 509
• Nicholson, H. B. (1973) “Phoneticism in the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Writing System”, in Elizabeth P. Benson, editor, Mesoamerican Writing Systems: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 30th and 31st, 1971, Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, page 16