cuauhtli
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- quauhtli (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʷaːʍ.t͡ɬi]
Noun
cuāuhtli (animate, plural cuācuāuhtin)
- eagle
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 11r.
- Aguila. quauhtli.
- An eagle. quauhtli.
- Aguila. quauhtli.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1.
- Quauhtli. aguila.
- Quauhtli. an eagle.
- Quauhtli. aguila.
- c1600: Unknown, Anónimo mexicano, f. 7r.
- oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, […]
- They buried him with very many of his things: his bow, an eagle carved of wood, […]
- oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, […]
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 128r.
- Quāuhtli, 1. larga, el Aquila.
- Quāuhtli, [with the] first [vowel] long, the eagle.
- Quāuhtli, 1. larga, el Aquila.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 11r.
- The fifteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented conceptually by this animal.
- 16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
- macuil coautlj / q quiere dezir / çinco aguilas.
- macuil coautlj. which means “five eagles”.
- macuil coautlj / q quiere dezir / çinco aguilas.
- 16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
Derived terms
Terms derived from cuāuhtli
- Cuāuhtemōc
- cuāuhtēntetl
- cuāuhtlohtli
- itzcuāuhtli
- iztāccuāuhtli
- pōccuāuhtli
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, pages 87v
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 415
- Horacio Carochi (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Lnaguage, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 470-71
- Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005, pages 19-20
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