teoxihuitl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
teōtl "god" + xihuitl "turquoise"
Pronunciation
Noun
teōxihuitl
- 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)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
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 42