tlequiquiztlalli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tlequiquiztli (“firearm, gun”) + tlālli (“earth, soil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɬekikistɬaːlli/
Noun
tlequiquiztlālli
- Gunpowder.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 198v:
- Poluora. tlequiquiztlalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Sulfur.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 196r:
- Piedra çufre. tlequiquiztlalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 230r:
- Sufre o piedra çufre. tlequiquiztlalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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