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Aztec female names from the 1540 Census n=1205 [1] 1st Component 2nd Component Commonality Frequency Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English 1st 313 Tēyacapan [teːjaˈkapan] first born non-name form --> tēyacapantli [teːjakaˈpant͡ɬi] first born 2nd 182 Tlahco [ˈt͡ɬaʔko] middle (born) 3rd 182 Teicuih [teˈikʷiʔ]
The Aztec or Nahuatl script is a pre-Columbian writing system that combines ideographic writing with Nahuatl specific phonetic logograms and syllabic signs [1] which was used in central Mexico by the Nahua people in the Epiclassic and Post-classic periods. [2]
Classical Nahuatl, also known simply as Aztec or Codical Nahuatl (if it refers to the variants employed in the Mesoamerican Codices through the medium of Aztec Hieroglyphs) and Colonial Nahuatl (if written in Post-conquest documents in the Latin Alphabet), is a set of variants of Nahuatl spoken in the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico as a lingua franca at the time of the 16th-century ...
ni- I- mits- you- teː- someone- tla- something- makiː give -lti - CAUS -s - FUT ni- mits- teː- tla- makiː -lti -s I- you- someone- something- give -CAUS -FUT "I shall make somebody give something to you" [cn 6] (Classical Nahuatl) Nouns The Nahuatl noun has a relatively complex structure. The only obligatory inflections are for number (singular and plural) and possession (whether the noun ...
The modern usage of the name Aztec is applied specifically to the Mexica peoples of Tenochtitlan, suggested by Alexander von Humboldt and adopted by Mexican scholars of 19th century, as a way to distance "modern" Mexicans from pre-conquest Mexicans. "Mexica", the origin of the word Mexico, is a term of uncertain origin.
[4] Nanauatzin, a god of the Sun. Nanauatzin sacrificed himself in a fire so that the Sun should continue to shine. Tēcciztēcatl, god who represents the male aspect of the Moon. Tecciztecatl is the son of Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue. Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of Venus' dawn and aspect of Quetzalcoatl. He has the longest name. [5]
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Cuauhtémoc (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kʷaːʍˈtemoːk] ⓘ, Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok] ⓘ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. [1] The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", and is commonly rendered in ...