cempohualilhuitl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cempoal ilhuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + ilhuitl (“day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cempōhualilhuitl (inanimate)
- a period of twenty days
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 16v. col. 1:
- Cempoal ilhuitl . veynte dias.
- Cempoal ilhuitl. twenty days.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 16v