Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• naualli

Noun

nāhualli ‎(animate, plural nānāhualtin)

1. sorcerer
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 180v.

     Nigromantico.  naualli.

     A necromancer [a sorcerer].  nahualli.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 63v. col. 1.

     Naualli. bruxa.

     Naualli. a witch.

Derived terms

• huitzitzilnāhualli
• nāhuallōtl

Descendants

• Spanish: nahual
  • English: nahual

See also

• tlacatecolotl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 239.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 157.