amoxtlatolpehualiztli.

Headword:

Principal English Translation:

the beginning of a book (see Molina); from amoxtli, books, tlahtolli (or, more common in early Nahuatl, tlatolli), words, and pehua, to begin

Orthographic Variants:

amoxtlahtolpehualiztli, amox tlatolpeualiztli, amox tlatolpehualiztli

Alonso de Molina:

amox tlatolpeualiztli. argumento, o principio de libro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 5v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Writing, Literacy