tepozmaccuahuitl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From tepoztli (“metal”) + māccuahuitl.
Pronunciation
Noun
tepozmāccuahuitl
- Sword.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 114v.
- Eſpada. tepuzmacquauitl.
- 1640–41: Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), The Animal Prophet and the Fortunate Patricide, f. 22v.
- ymeço yc ticàaltiz yn tepozmāhquahuitl
- (You will bathe the sword with their blood.)
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 114v.
Synonyms
- espada
- tepoztzotzopaztli (rare)
Derived terms
References
- Sell, Barry D. with Louise M. Burkhart and Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 187