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I always thought yaotl meant "enemy" and only took on the meaning of "war"
when it was embedded in compounds. The stand alone word for war is yaoyotl.

Isn't the word for warrior teyaochihuani?

With regards to the name "Ixtac yoalli" I have seen the form yoalli which
means night. It's possibly another spelling for yohualli. So,  ixtac (iztac)
yoalli would most likely mean "white night".

Is saying, iztac teyaochihuani, an acceptable way of saying "white warrior"?

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>and I picked up the word "yaotl" as the word for war.

>yaotl=warrior (and also an epithet for Tezcatlipoca)
>yo(h)ualli=night
>iztac=white (like salt) (think of the volcano Iztaccihuatl!)
>          (and not iXtac)
>Nick schrieb:
>
> > Hello,
> > my name is Nicholas Javier and I'm a college student
> > in California.  I've been involved with an Aztec dance
> > group there, which is an off-shoot of a larger group,
> > Xitontekiza Atl-Tlachinolli, for almost an entire
> > semster now.  Recently, today in fact, I earned the
> > honor of a nahuatl name: "Ixtac yoalli."  I've heard
> > of the word "yoalli," but I've also heard the word,
> > "yaolli," and I'm confused over which one was really
> > meant for me.  My tlatoani gave me this name "White
> > Warrior," and I think either he got things mixed up,
> > or I did.  I've also done some research using the
> > resources you provided, and I picked up the word
> > "yaotl" as the word for war.  This complicates things
> > more, 'cause if my tlatoani meant warrior and just
> > mixed up the spelling, did he also add the -lli
> > incorrectly?  I'd really like to clear this up, as
> > "yoalli" means night(I think), among other things, and
> > I don't think he meant "White Night."
> > Thank you,
> > Nick
> >
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