teoxihuitl
Appearance
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]teōtl "god" + xihuitl "turquoise"
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- 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