itztli

== Central Nahuatl == === Noun === itztli obsidian. == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === ytztli (obsolete) === Pronunciation === Karttunen (1983), Lockhart (2001) and Andrews (2003) all write ītztli (IPA(key): /iːtstɬi/), but Lockhart says "It is not entirely certain that the i of the root is long." === Noun === itztli obsidian an obsidian knife 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875) 1912, Isabel Castañeda Ramirez, Tèhuehuentzin ihuan tochtli, ed. and tr. by Franz Boas and Herman K. Haeberlin; in "Ten Folktales in Modern Nahuatl", The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 37 (1924), p. 346 ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 230 Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 109 Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 221