quequetzalcoah
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- quequetzalcoa (historical or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
A reduplicated plural form of Quetzalcōātl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [keːkét͡saɬˈkóː(w)aʔ]
Noun
quēquetzalcōah anim (plural only)
- (they are) priests of the god Quetzalcoatl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 89r. col. 1:
- Quequetzalcoa. miniſtros de cierto ydolo que ſe llamaua quetzalcoatl.
- Quequetzalcoa. ministers of a certain idol they called Quetzalcoatl.