tzontli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsontɬi/

Noun

tzontli

1. hair
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 2:

     tzontli. cabello o pelo.
     (tzontli. a hair or head of hair.)

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   • c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 255.

     totzon titlaveyaquila.
     (our hair: we grow it long)

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2. head
3. crown, headdress
4. crest

References

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

Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

tzontli

1. hair.