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Tlaloc

Tlaloc

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See also: Tláloc

English

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Tlaloc

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Tlāloc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tləˈloʊk/

Proper noun

Tlaloc

An important Mexica deity; god of rain, fertility and water.

Translations

Aztec rain god

Classical Nahuatl: Tlāloc
French: Tlaloc (fr) m
Marathi: त्लालोक m (tlālok)
Pipil: Tlalok
Spanish: Tláloc (es)

See also

Huitzilopochtli

Anagrams

LOLcat, call to, callot, lactol, lolcat

Classical Nahuatl

The god Tlaloc as depicted in the Codex Ríos.

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