tecciztli

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tecciztli

tecciztli

1. Conch shell.
2. egg shell.

• Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Amecameca variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

• IPA^(key): /teːksistɬi/

tēcciztli

1. Conch shell.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 85r:

     Quinye yuh ontlami in tlaqua, in ye ōcuēl quicac in tēcciztli mopitza, acabaua de comer, quando oyo tocar el caracol
     (He had just finished eating when he heard the conch trumpet sound)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• quiquiztli

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, trans. and ed. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 316–317
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tēcciztli

tecciztli

1. egg
2. tilefish