amoxtli

Central Nahuatl

Amoxtli, “book”.

Alternative forms

• (Tlaxcala): amox

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl amoxtli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmoʃtɬi/

Noun

amoxtli (inanimate)

1. (Amecameca, Cholula, Milpa Alta and Texcoco): book, codex
2. (Milpa Alta): bibliography

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
• Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Amecameca variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• amuxtli (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmoʃt͡ɬi/
• IPA^(key): [aː.ˈmóʃ.t͡ɬi]

Noun

amoxtli

1. book
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 155r:

     Libro como quiera. amoxtli.
     (Any book. amoxtli.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2:

     Amoxtli. libro de eſcriptura.
     (Amoxtli. a book of writings.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1.

     INIC CE AMUXTLI

     (First book.)

Derived terms

• amoxcalli
• amoxnamacac
• amoxpohua (verb)

References

• Bernardino de Sahagún (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1, trans. by Arthur J.O. Anderson & Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 1
• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 11
• James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 211
• J. Richard, Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 208

Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

amoxtli

1. Book.

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Noun

amoxtli

1. Book.