1: Alternate Titles - Nahuatl - New Other
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Image 1 shows the alternate titles in table format. No alternate is proposed for Knight (title). The gender-neutral titles are the same as the masculine titles. A note to be included with the table makes this clear:
Note: All titles can be used regardless of gender unless the title specifically contains the word for "woman" (Cihua).
Rank: Crown
- Gender Neutral: Huey Tlatoani
- Masculine: Huey Tlatoani
- Feminine: Huey Cihuatlatoani
- Meaning: Great (Huey) + Speaker (Tlatoani); Great(Huey) + Woman(Cihua) Speaker (Tlatoani)
- Definition: Hereditary leader of a Nahua city-state who ruled over other city-states .
- Note: Any Nahuatl-speaking ruler was a Tlatoani, one who ruled over several other cities was a Huey Tlatoani, or "Great Speaker". Huey Tlatoani is sometimes translated as Emperor, but was the title of the ruler in Tenochtitlan and seems more accurate for our kings
Rank: Coronet
- Gender Neutral: Tlatocapilli
- Masculine: Tlatocapilli
- Feminine: Tlatocacihuapilli
- Meaning: Speaker (Tlatoca) + Noble/Child (Pilli); Speaker (Tlatoca) + Woman (Cihua) + Noble/Child (Pilli)
- Definition: a high-born noble; also, the child of a ruler
- Note: As a term for a high-born noble, the title should also work for a territorial prince/princess
https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatocapilli
https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatocacihuapilli
Rank: Duchy
- Gender Neutral: Teuctli
- Masculine: Teuctli
- Feminine: Cihuateuctli
- Meaning: Holder of Dominion (Teuctli); Woman (Cihua) + Holder of Dominion (Teuctli)
- Definition: A term for Nahuatl rulers who held actual offices or ranks, as opposed to just being of the noble class.
- Note: Many early sources spell this as "tecutli", this is incorrect, see Lockhart and Karttunen
Rank: County
- Gender Neutral: Teuctli
- Masculine: Teuctli
- Feminine: Cihuateuctli
- Meaning: Holder of Dominion (Teuctli); Woman (Cihua) + Holder of Dominion (Teuctli)
- Definition: A term for Nahuatl rulers who held actual offices or ranks, as opposed to just being of the noble class.
- Note: Many early sources spell this as "tecutli", this is incorrect, see Lockhart and Karttunen
Rank: Viscounty
- Gender Neutral: Teuctli
- Masculine: Teuctli
- Feminine: Cihuateuctli
- Meaning: Holder of Dominion (Teuctli); Woman (Cihua) + Holder of Dominion (Teuctli)
- Definition: A term for Nahuatl rulers who held actual offices or ranks, as opposed to just being of the noble class.
- Note: Many early sources spell this as "tecutli", this is incorrect, see Lockhart and Karttunen
Rank: Peerage Order
- Gender Neutral: Tlamatini
- Masculine: Tlamatini
- Feminine: Cihuatlamatini
- Meaning: Wise Person (Tlamatini); Woman (Cihua) + Wise Person (Tlamatini)
- Definition: A scholar or sage; a wise person
- Note: No attestation of Cihuatlamatini exists in Classical Nahuatl, the word is extrapolated. It is used in modern Nahuatl.
Rank: Knight (noun)
- Gender Neutral: Cuachic
- Masculine: Cuachic
- Feminine: Cihuacuachic
- Meaning: Shorn One (Cuachic); Woman (Cihua) + Shorn One (Cuachic)
- Definition: The highest rank of warriors in Aztec society, members were distinguished by their unique hair style.
- Note: No attestation of Cihuacuachic exists, but its formation is extrapolated based on nahuatl grammar. In Period, the warrior lodges were male-only.
Rank: Barony
- Gender Neutral: Cuautlatoani
- Masculine: Cuautlatoani
- Feminine: Cihuacuautlatoani
- Meaning: Eagle (Cuautl) + Speaker (Tlatoani); Cihua (Woman) + Eagle (Cuautl) + Speaker (Tlatoani)
- Definition: A military and administrative governor of a city who was appointed by a Huey Tlatoani to govern it in their name.
- Note: Tlatoani could also be used for governors of a single city-state, though I feel that might lead to more confusion since Tlatoani is often translated as king, and the appointed nature of Cauatlatoani better fits the role of our landed baronage. I could not find any evidence of female Cuautlatoanis, the term is extrapolated based on Nahuatl grammar.
Rank: Award or Grant of Arms
- Gender Neutral: Pilli; -tzin
- Masculine: Pilli; -tzin
- Feminine: Cihuapilli; -tzin
- Meaning: Noble Born (Pilli); Woman (Cihua) + Noble Born (Pilli); honorific suffix (-tzin)
- Definition: a member of the noble class.
- Note: The term was also commonly used for children. The suffix -tzin could be attached to the name of anyone of high rank to show deference, or could be used to show affection.
https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pilli
https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuapilli
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