teocuitlacuauhtentetl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• teucuitlaquauhtẽtetl

Etymology

teōcuitlatl "gold" + cuāuhtēntetl "eagle lip plug"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teoːkʷitɬakʷaːwteːntetɬ/

Noun

teōcuitlacuāuhtēntetl

1. A gold lip plug in the shape of an eagle.
   • 1558–1561 Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales

     teucuitlaquauhtẽtetl. ynic tlachiuhtli tlapitzali tlacuilolo yuhqui quauhtly ic tlatlali teocuitlatl

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Alexis Wimmer, Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique.
• Sahagún, Bernardino de; Sullivan, Thelma D.; Nicholson, H. B. (1997) Primeros Memoriales. University of Oklahoma Press.