teopixqui

== Central Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === (Amecameca): teopixquetl === Etymology === From Classical Nahuatl teopixqui. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teoːˈpiʃki/ === Noun === teopixqui priest. == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === Singular teopixq̓, teupixqui, theopixqui Plural teōpixquè === Etymology === From teotl (“god”) +‎ piya (“guard”) +‎ -qui (“forming agent nouns, -er”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teoːˈpiʃki/ === Noun === teopixqui (animate, plural teopixqueh) priest 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== sacerdote (Catholic), tlamacazqui (Aztec) ==== Derived terms ==== teopixcayotl === References === Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 252. Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 227. Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 234.