ilhuicac

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• jlvicac
• ylhujcac

Etymology

ilhuicatl "sky; heaven" + -c, -co (locative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ilwikak/

Adverb

ilhuicac

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

     Tezcatlipoca: ynin vel teutl ipan machoia, noujian ynemjian: mictla, tlalticpcac, ylhujcac.

     (Tezcatlipoca: he was considered a true god, whose abose was everywhere — in the land of the dead, on earth, in heaven.)

Derived terms

• ilhuicac tlahtohcayotl

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 103
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 220
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 1, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 5