amoxtli

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːmoʃt͡ɬi/

Noun

amoxtli (inanimate)

1. book

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• amuxtli

Pronunciation

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

Noun

āmoxtli

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

     Libro como quiera. amoxtli.

     (Any book. amoxtli.)

   • 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.)

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

     INIC CE AMUXTLI

     (First book.)

Derived terms

• āmoxcalli

• āmoxnamacac

• āmoxpōhua (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