⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-06

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

tetzacayotl.

Headword: 
tetzacayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

sterility; the condition of those who cannot have children (see Molina); in some similar words, Molina uses a feminine noun or adjective, but here the gender is neutral or male (los) (SW)

IPAspelling: 
tetsɑkɑjoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tetzacayotl. esterilidad delos que son esteriles y no engendran hijos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction
See also: 
tetzacatl.
tetzacati.
tetzacatilia.