tecpatl

From Classical Nahuatl tecpatl.

tecpatl

1. Stone knife

Equivalent to tetl (“stone”) +‎ icpatl (“top”), (compare icpactli (top), icpalli (high-backed seat)) according to Andrews (2003).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtek.pat͡ɬ]

tecpatl inan (plural tecpatl)

1. (it is) flint.
2. (it is) a flint knife
3. (it is) a fint knife motif, especially when worn as an adornment.
4. (it is) the eighteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented by a stylized, red and white lanceolate flint knife.
   • 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, represented by a stylized flint knife.

     çe tec patl'. ques vna piedra. de pedernal a figura de hierro cõ que ellos sacrificauã

     ce tecpatl. that is to say, a piece of flint shaped like a knife which they used in sacrifice.

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 225, 249.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 217.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 233.