teoxihuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• teuxiujtl

Etymology

teōtl "god" + xihuitl "turquoise"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.oːʃiwitɬ/

Noun

teōxihuitl

1. Fine turquoise.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     vel quijciiavj vel qujhiiouja, ynic qujtemoa [...] in teuxiujtl

     (Greatly were they wearied, much did they suffer to seek out ... fine turquoise)

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 42