English

Huitzilopochtli as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.

Alternative forms

• Uitzilopochtli

Proper noun

Huitzilopochtli

1. The most important god of the Mexica.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• huitzilopochtli
• Vitzilubuchtli

Etymology

From huītzilin ‎(“hummingbird”) +‎ ōpōchtli ‎(“left, left-hand side”), literally “hummingbird's left”, or perhaps "hummingbird's south".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːt͡siloːpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi/
• IPA^(key): [ˌwiː.t͡sil.ˈóː.poːt͡ʃ.t͡ɬi]

Proper noun

Huītzilōpōchtli

1. Huitzilopochtli
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, first book

     Vitzilubuchtli: çan maceoalli, çan tlacatl catca: naoalli, tetzaujtl, atlacacemelle, teixcuepaj: quijiocoianj in iaoiutl, iaotecanj, iaotlatoanj:

   • 17C: Crónica Mexicayotl

     auh yntlapial catca quitlatlauhtiaya quiteomatia yn aquin quitocayotiaya tetzahuitl huitzilopochtli.

Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

huitzilopochtli

1. Alternative spelling of Huitzilopochtli