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tlamauh.
Headword:
tlamauh.
Principal English Translation:
wise one, knowledgeable one (see glyphs in the Visual Lexicon); European sources will speak of sorcery and trickery; if this comes from tlahmati, referring to knowledge, it may need a glottal stop
Orthographic Variants:
tlamao
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents tlamauh in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
"Encontramos este signo con muchas variantes, 124, y en cuanto á su significado, los intérpretes ya le dan el valor fónico de tlamao, tomado de tlamati, 'embaucar á otro el hechicero,' metaf . fascinar , sojuzgar."
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