Tlaloc
See also: Tláloc
English
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl Tlāloc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tləˈloʊk/
Proper noun
Tlaloc
Translations
Aztec rain god
See also
Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Perhaps a locative form of tlālloh (“something earthen, covered in earth”) if the first syllable is indeed long.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɬaːlok], [ˈt͡ɬa-]
Proper noun
Tlāloc or Tlaloc anim (plural tlālohqueh or tlalohqueh)
- (he is) the rain god Tlaloc.
Derived terms
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 276