An open lexical archive

Classical Nahuatl,
open to explore.

A digitized lexicon rooted in Rémi Siméon’s 1885 dictionary. Find a word, follow its meanings, and return to the source.

English, Spanish, and French definitions. Original spellings. Free to explore.

01 / The collection

amoxcalli

a house of books

A place to read the language
through the words it has left us.

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The digitized lexicon

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37,146 entries to explore

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Read the sources

An archive with
its origins intact.

The collection brings two sources into one searchable index. Read definitions in English, Spanish, or French, with original source text preserved and translations clearly labeled. Download the original database and the complete trilingual archive for offline use.

Rémi Siméon

28,709 digitized entries · French definitions

The historical foundation of this collection: entries extracted from the scan of Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine. Read the original French definitions alongside retained spellings, references, and variants.

Source documentation

Wiktionary / Kaikki

8,437 imported entries · English definitions

A complementary lexical source imported from structured Wiktionary data through Kaikki. These records are labeled separately so you can distinguish them from the historical Siméon material.

Kaikki source collection

The wider project

From the archive
to Flor y Canto.

The Modern Standard Nahuatl project continues alongside this archive. Its framework, curriculum, reviewer materials, and learner-book plans remain available in a dedicated section.

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Historical forms and modern standardization are presented with their own context.

Classical Nahuatl,open to explore.