cempohualxochitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cempoalsuchitl (obsolete)
• cempoalxochitl

Etymology

From cempōhualli (“twenty”) +‎ xōchitl (“flower”). Cognate with Tetelcingo Nahuatl sempoalxuchi̱tl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sempoːwalˈʃoːtʃit͡ɬ/

Noun

cempōhualxōchitl

1. Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta).
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 8

     Cempoalsuchitl, tzitziqujltic in jxiuhio, matzatzaianquj coztic.

     (Cempoalxochitl. Its foliage is jagged; the leaf is serrated. It is yellow.)

Synonyms

• miccāxōchitl

Descendants

• → Spanish: cempasúchil

See also

• macuilxochitl

References

• Brewer, Forrest, Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 19, 45, 222
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 200