teopixqui

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca): teopixquetl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl teopixqui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teoːˈpiʃki/

Noun

teopixqui

1. priest.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Singular

• teopixq̓, teupixqui, theopixqui

Plural

• teōpixquè

Etymology

From teotl (“god”) +‎ piya (“guard”) +‎ -qui (“forming agent nouns, -er”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teoːˈpiʃki/

Noun

teopixqui (animate, plural teopixqueh)

1. priest
   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyac yn çã tepiton, yn oq̓motlalili oquimotecpanili yn padre fray Alonſo de Molina ſ. Frãciſco teopixq̓ ynipã nauatlatolli oq̓mocuepili.

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   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 101r. col. 1:

     Teopixqui. eccleſiaſtico,clerigo,oreligioſo.
     (Teopixqui. a churchman, clergyman or religious man.)

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   • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confesionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     In oquimotecpanili padre fray Ioã Baptiſta ſanct Franciſco teupixqui, nican ipan tlahtoca altepetl Tetzcuco.

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   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001)

     catotequiuh in tèhuāntin titeōpixquè, inīc īpan titlàtōzquè in īteōyōtzin Totēcuiyo Dios. A nuestro cargo de los que somos Sacerdotes està, el mirar, y cuydar de lo que toca à Dios, y al culto diuino;

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Synonyms

• sacerdote (Catholic), tlamacazqui (Aztec)

Derived terms

• teopixcayotl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 252.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 227.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 234.