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Online Nahuatl Dictionary, Stephanie Wood, ed. (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, College of Education, University of Oregon, ©2000–present). The team associated with the Wired Humanities Projects wishes to acknowledge the generous support from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Mexica Tiahui! I’ve always known the spirited sentiment to mean “Mexican (Indigenous) Moving/Go Forward!”. It is used as a positive exclamation mostly by Chicanah (Chican@) people in the United States who are using “Mexica” as an identity point in reclaiming their Indigenous self. From my Nahuatl dictionary research, Tiahui is a form ...
Náhua legends. In Aztec mythology, Iztaccíhuatl was a princess who fell in love with one of her father's warriors, Popocatépetl. The emperor sent Popocatépetl to war in Oaxaca, promising him Iztaccíhuatl as his wife when he returned (which Iztaccíhuatl's father presumed he would not). Iztaccíhuatl was falsely told that Popocatépetl had ...
Meaning of Tizoc Unclear. Origin of Tizoc The name 'Tizoc' finds its roots in the ancient Aztec civilization of Mesoamerica. It is derived from the Nahuatl language, which was spoken by the Aztecs and other indigenous peoples of the region. The earliest known use of the name can be traced back to the Aztec ruler 'Tizoc', who reigned from 1481 ...
NOCHIPA forever / eterno, siempre (T) [ (1)Tp.168, (1)Xp.58]. See MOCHIPA. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 172. Online Nahuatl Dictionary, Stephanie Wood, ed. (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, College of Education, University of Oregon, ©2000–present). The team ...
Mother. Empress Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin. Huitzilihuitl ( Nahuatl pronunciation: [wit͡siˈliwit͡ɬ] ⓘ) or Huitzilihuitzin ( Nahuatl language; English: Hummingbird Feather) (1370s – ca. 1417) [1] was the second Tlatoani or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to the Codex Aubin, he ...
Under the name Teomitl, Ahuitzotl is a primary character in the Obsidian and Blood series by Aliette de Bodard, which are set in the last year of the reign of Axayacatl and the first years of the reign of Tizoc . In the historical fiction novel Aztec by Gary Jennings, Ahuitzotl is a prominent character.
