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Our Aztec vocabulary focuses on the words associated with the Dance, Mitote.
An excellent website on the Aztec
culture --where we began to build our Aztec vocabulary is
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The Azteca spoke Nahuatl a language belonging to the Uto Aztecan family of languages which they shared with many North American Indians. Aztecs are believed to have migrated from what is now modern day Utah. http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_019500_languages.htm
The Ancient Homeland of the Aztecs, is the present-day Great Salt Lake, Utah. Many centuries ago, the Aztecs embarked on the sacred journey to the southern part of North America now called Mexico.
Thousands of years ago, the Anasazi of the present-day State of Utah, were a Nahuatl speaking people like the Aztecs. Aztecs are descendants of the Ancient Anasazi.
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| English | Espanol | Tetelcingo | Nahuatl |
| Aztec Dance | Danza Azteca | Mitote | Mi'totiliztli |
| Dancer | Danzante | Motutehani | Mi'totiani |
| Dance leader | Jefe de danza | Tlayeconqui | Tlayeconqui |
| Dance Elder | Capitán de danza | Capiexqui | Yaotachqui |
| master of music and dance | maestro de musica y danza | tlamacazcoteuli | |
| school of music and dance | escuela de musica y danza | cuicocalli also spelled kuikakalli | |
| shell (trumpet) | caracol | tekiztli | |
| flutes | kokoloktli |
| bells (made of copper, gold, clay, wood or bronze | campanas | tetzilakatl also spelled telzillactl | |
| clay bell | campana de barro | cacalachtli | |
| turtle shell (played with a deer bone, caiman bone or wood) | ayotl | ||
| bones (used as musical instruments) | huecos (usados para musica) | michikauoytli | |
| trumpet (made of gourd, bamboo, clay) | trompeta | ateccolli teccztli (great trumpet) tekezeli | |
| Chant/song | Alabanza | Cuicaleztli | Teocuicatl |
| Altar | Altar | Mumuztli |
| Flowers | Flores | Xuchil | Xoochitl |
| Drum | Tambor | Huehue | Huehuetl |
| Log drum | Tambor | Teponaztli | Teponaztli |
| Seed leggings | Cascabeles (rattle on a snake) or Hueceros de Fraile (friar bones) | Ayoyote | Chachayotl
Ayoyote |
| Metal bells | Cascabeles | Coyolli | |
| Loin cloth | Tapa arabo | Maztla | Maxtlatl o maxtli |
| Men's long blouse | Vestido | Xicolli |
| Cape | Capa | Tilma | Iilmantli or manta |
| Woman's skirt | Falda | Cueitl | |
| Woman's cover | quexqueme | quexqueme | quexqueme |
| Woman's blouse | blousa | huipil | huipil |
| Headress | Penacho | copil | copilli |
| Obsidian Edged Club | Macana | Macana | Mack ahuitl |
| Arrow | Flechas | Flechas | Mitl |
| Shield | Escudo | Chimalli | Chimalli |
| Feather | Pluma | I'huitl, Quetzalli | |
| Rattle | Sonaja | Ayacachtli | |
| incense attendant | Malinche de Copal | Malinche | Tlapopochuihuani |
| Incense | Incienso | Copal | Capalli |
| Sandals | Sandalias | Guaraches | Cactli |
| Ceremony | Ceremonia | Iluitl | |
| Heaven | Cielo | Iluicatl |
| Breastplate | Pectoral | Cozcapetlatl | |
| Gauntlets | Muñequera | Colchilixtli |
| Shin guard | Rodillera | Tlancuaitl |
Some words in Nahuatl are, SAN CE TOJUAN=WE ARE ONE, CUALLI TONALLI=GOOD DAY, WEY=ANCIENT, AZTEKATL=AZTEC, NOCHIPA=ALWAYS, NIKA=I AM, TIKA=YOU, AKAH=SOMEONE, ACHTOPA=FIRST, NANTLI=MOTHER, ATL=WATER, MICHIN=FISH, XOXOKTIK=GREEN, TLAZOKAMATI=THANK YOU, MEXIKAH=MEXICAN, AMOXTLI=BOOK, AMO=NO, AKIN=WHO, KEMMAN=WHEN, KEXKI=HOW
MUCH, YALWA=YESTERDAY, MOZTLA=TOMORROW, AIK=NEVER, WEKA=FAR, KEMA=YES, TEKOLOTL=OWL, TOTOTL=BIRD, KALLI=HOUSE, NEXTLI=ASHES, TETL=STONE, TLALLI=EARTH, CHICHI=DOG, KOYOTL=COYOTE, MAZATL=DEER, TEMACHTILOYAN=SCHOOL, TAMALLI=TAMALE, TLAKAMEH=PEOPLE, XOCHITL=FLOWER, METZTLI=MOON, PANTLI=FLAG, MICHIN=FISH, ZITLALIN=STAR, NAKATL=MEAT,
Resources: Henry Guzman Villalobos (Aztec-Yaqui) President and CEO, AZTECS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., A California Non-Profit Corporation, P.O. Box 325, Hayward, California 94543-0325, Voice:(510) 582-3880, E-mail:aztecs1237@aol.com