Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• teuxiujtl

Noun

teōxihuitl

1. Fine turquoise.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     vel quijciiavj vel qujhiiouja, ynic qujtemoa [...] in teuxiujtl

     (Greatly were they wearied, much did they suffer to seek out ... fine turquoise)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 42