Classical Nahuatl

Noun

tzontecomatl (absolutive plural tzontecomameh)

1. head, skull
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 1.

     tzontecomatl. cabeza cortada y apartada del cuerpo.

     (tzontecomatl. a head severed and separated from the body.)

Synonyms

• (head): cuāitl

Derived terms

• centzontecomatl

Related terms

• comatl
• cōmitl

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 318