T | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter T: Displaying 13201 - 13220 of 13559

tzitzintlapatl.

tsitsintɬɑːpɑːtɬ

a spiky metal ball (?) (see Molina)

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tzitziqui.

tsiːtsiki

Orthographic Variants:

tzītziqui

something very small (see Karttunen)

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tzitziquilitl.

a tender, tasty, edible herb with seeds and blossoms, pictured and glossed in the Florentine Codex Book 11, folio 134r., and described on folio 136r.

Sahagún, Bernardino de, Antonio Valeriano, Alonso Vegerano, Martín Jacobita, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Diego de Grado, Bonifacio Maximiliano, Mateo Severino, et al. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (Florentine Codex), Ms. Mediceo Palatino 218–20, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MiBACT, 1577. Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter, Alicia Maria Houtrouw, Kevin Terraciano, Jeanette Peterson, Diana Magaloni, and Lisa Sousa, bk. 11, fol. 134r. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/134r . Accessed 18 November 2025.

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tzitziquiloa.

tsitsikiloɑ

to lance someone

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tzitzitza.

tsitsitsɑ

to tie something tightly, or to jam or clog something

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tzitzquia.

tsiːtskiɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tzitzquia

to seize, arrest, imprison; to grasp, clasp, take hold of

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tzitzquilia.

tsiːtskiliɑ

to touch something or someone with one's hand; or, to feel another person's shame (see Molina)

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tziucnoa.

tsiwknoɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tziucnoā

to sob or hiccup (see Karttunen)

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Tziuhcoatl.

Orthographic Variants:

Çiuhcovatl, Çiuhcuvatl

a person's name (attested male)

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Tziuhtecatl.

Orthographic Variants:

Tziuhtecatzin

a famous name; held by the leader of the merchants of Tlatelolco during the reign of Cuacuauhpitzahuac, and held by a lord of Colhuahcân who was a successor of Yohuallatônac; finally, according to Siméon, this is variant for the name Xiuhtecatl, someone who takes care of green herbs or turquoise

Gran Diccionario Nahuatl, citing the Florentine Codex (Book 9); the 3rd Relation of Chimalpahin; and Rémi Siméon; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tziuhtecatl/75330

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Tziuhtla.

Orthographic Variants:

Ziuhtla

a person's name (attested as male)

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tziuhtli.

Turquoise-browed Motmot, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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tzoacati.

tsoɑkɑti

to spoil (speaking of fruit that is just getting started growing), to wrinkle, get damaged

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tzoacatl.

tsoɑkɑtɬ

damaged fruit (see Molina)

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tzoalcoatl.

a type of snake or serpent (follow the link to see the painting)
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 88v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/88v/images/0 Accessed 3 November 2025.

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