tizatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tiçatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːsatɬ/

Noun

tīzatl

whitewash (a varnish of white earth)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 113r. col. 1.
  tizatl. cierto barniz, o tierra blanca.
  
  (tizatl. a certain varnish, or white earth.)
chalk
- c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 103.
  Yxaval tiçatl.
  
  (her facial paint is chalk)

Derived terms

chīmaltīzatl
tīzatlālli

Descendants

Spanish: tiza, tizate

References

“tizatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

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