Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sacrificial knife, a broad double-edged blade, usually of flint, sometimes of obsidian, used by the Aztecs of Mexico.
Examples
“We notice he was chief-of-men from the year one calli to two tecpatl.”
“The little dot is one, so this day one tecpatl probably refers to the day in which the feast in reference to this destruction was celebrated.”
“He is distinctly said to be the same as Quetzalcoatl, one of whose commonest symbols was a flint (tecpatl).”
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
“Borgian Codex, one of which is shown in plate LXV, 6, are _tecpatl_ figures; of this, however, there is considerable doubt.”
“_kan_ and the Mexican symbol for _tecpatl_, "flint," are based on the same fundamental concept, if the flint-like symbols on plate 12 of the”
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Nahuatl
"Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear, from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear."
- etymology from The American Heritage Dictionary
Nahuatl, Zapotec, Aztec, avocado, guacamole, amole, atlatl, axolotl, black sapote, cacao, cacomistle, chayote and 75 more...
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