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Popocatepetl
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Popocatépetl
English
Proper noun
en Popocatépetl.
Classical Nahuatl
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Alternative forms
nci popucatepetl
Etymology
From nci popōca to smoke tepētl mountain.
Pronunciation
nci [po.poː.ka.ˈte.peːt͡ɬ]
Proper noun
Popōcatepētl
Popocatépetl.
16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
qujnpiquiz: quetzalcoatl, in chalchivitl ycue, in tlaloc: popucatepetl, iztac tepetl, poiauhtecatl: yoan in çaço quezqujtetl tepetl in qujnteneoaz in qujpiquiz.
(he would mold representations of Quetzalcoatl, Chalchiuitl ycue, Tlaloc, Popocatepetl, Iztac tepetl, Poiauhtecatl, and any other mountain of which they would choose to make representations.)
Synonyms
nci Popocatzin
References
Lockhart, James 2001 Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts Stanford Stanford University Press 230
Sahagún, Bernardino de 1981 Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods Arthur J. O. Anderson; Charles E. Dibble 2nd ed., rev. Salt Lake City University of Utah Press 47
nci Mountains