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nahuaque.

Headword: 
nahuaque.
Principal English Translation: 

the one that is close to all things, god (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nāhuaqueh, nauaque
IPAspelling: 
nɑːwɑkeh
Alonso de Molina: 

nauaque. con quien esta el ser de todas las cosas. s. dios.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NĀHUAQUEH the one that is close to all things, god / con quien está el ser de todas las cosas, dios (M), nombre que se da a Dios, y significa aquel en quien están todas las cosas; se usa ordinariamente con el Tloquê, que expresa casi lo mismo (R) This is conventionally paired with TLOQUEH< -TLOC, which also has the sense of vicinity, the whole phrase being an epithet for divine presence. See -NĀHUAC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 157.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)