Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Religion
Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Nahuatl poetry
Tamoanchan, IV, 1, etc. "We seek our home," a name applied to the
Earthly Paradise. See p. 29.
Teacuitlaquemitl, XV, 1. Golden garb.
Teca, III, 6. To spread out, especially of liquids.
Tecpanteutl, XVII, 3, 4. "Palace god."
Teicnellili, VI, 5. A benefit, an advantage.
Teizcaltequetl, III, 9. That which gives wisdom and life. "Teizcali,
cosa que da doctrina, y aviva, y da entendimiento"
(Molina).
Telipuchtla, II, 3, 4, 5. For _telpochtli_, a youth.
Temacouia, VI, 4. From _temaca_, to give, to deliver into the hands of.
Temoquetl, III, 8. From _temoa_, to seek, _quiza_, to go forth.
Tenamitl, I, 3. The wall of a city; hence, a town or city.
Tepanecatl, XI, 3. "Dweller in the palace." A proper name.
Tepanquizqui, I, 3. A substitute, one who represents another.
Tepetitlan, V, 2. "Among the mountains."
Tepeuh, XX, 3, 4. From _peua_, to begin.
Tepeyocpa, XV, 4. From _tepetl_, _pan_.
Tequiua, II, 1; V, 2, From _tequiutl_, task, labor, but explained by the
Gloss as equivalent to _tepeua_, to overthrow, to conquer.
Tetemoya, II, 6, 7. Frequentative from _temo_, to descend, to come down,
_tetemo_.
Tetoma, XVIII, 5. From _toma_, to open, to send forth, to let loose.
Tezauhpilla, III, 8. "Master of fear."
Tetzauiztli, I, 2. An object which causes fear. A name of
Huitzilopochtli. See Tezozomoc, _Cronica Mexicana_, cap.
VI.
Teuaqui, II, 6, 7. From _teotl_, god, _aqui_, to enter, to penetrate.
Teucontlipaca, IV, 5. Explained by the Gloss as _teucumitl icpac_, upon
the thorn bush _teocumitl_, espina grande, Molina). But I
should think it to be a compound of _teotl_, _conetl_,
_icpac_, "upon the son of the goddess." The son of
Teteunan was especially Centeotl, god of maize.
Teueuel, V, 2. Poetic from _ueue_, the ancients, the elders.
Teumechaue, IV, 1, 2, 3, 4; VIII, 2; XIX, 2. Perhaps from
_teo-ome-chayaue_, "the twice divine seed-thrower," or
_teometl-chayaue_, the planter of the divine maguey.
Teumilco, XIII, 2. From _teotl_, _milli_, _co_, "in the divine
cornfield," fig. reference to the battlefield.
Teutiualcoya, III, 2. The Gloss reads _teuitualcoya_, from _teotl_, god,
_ittualo_, passive of _itta_, to see.
Teu-tlaneuiloc, III, 1. Explained by the Gloss as equivalent to
_onetlanauiloc_, an impersonal, passive, preterit, from
_naua_, "it was danced." The peculiar sacred dance
called _tlanaua_, performed by young girls, is described
by Sahagun, Lib. II, cap. 24.
Teutlalipan, IV, 8. In the divine earth.
Teyomi, VII, 1. From _teyo_, esteemed, honored.
Tezcatlipuca, XIX, 2. Proper name of a divinity.
Tezcatzintli, XIX, 5. Proper name from _tezcatl_, mirror.
Tezcatzonco, XVII, 3; XIX, 4. Apparently the name of a part of the
temple.
Tianquiz, XIV, 6. The market place.
Ticatl, IV, 7.
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