tzapotecatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tzapotecatl

Etymology

tzapotl (“sapote”) +‎ tēcatl (“inhabitant of place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsa.po.ˈteː.katɬ/

Noun

Tzapotēcatl (plural Tzapotēcah)

1. Zapotec.
   • c. 1500, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex book 1:

     Anaoatl iteouh: tzapoteca in vel inteuh catca,

     He was the god of the seashore people, the proper god of the Zapotecs.

Related terms

• Tzapotlan

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 39