Moteuczoma

English

Proper noun

Moteuczoma

Alternative spelling of Moctezuma

Classical Nahuatl

motecçuma (top) in the Codex Mendoza.

Alternative forms

motecçuma (c. 1541: The Codex Mendoza)
moteuhcçoma

Etymology

tēuctli (“lord”) + mo-zōmā (“frown in anger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moteːkʷsoːma/

Proper noun

Motēuczōma

a male given name, Moctezuma/Montezuma
- 1607, Chimalpahin, journal:
  Don diego luis de moteuhcçoma yhuitltemoctzin . yn ipiltzin tlacatl Don Pedro de moteuhcçoma tlacahuepantzin
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 599.
Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 153.

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