etzalcualiztli
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- etzalqualiztli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From etzalli (“beans and cooked maize”) + cua (“to eat”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]etzalcualiztli (inanimate)
- (it is) the eating of beans and cooked maize.
- (it is) the sixth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tlālohqueh.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89v:
- Sexto Mes delos Mexicanos llamado: etzalqualiztli enque hazian fiesta alos Dioses dela pluuia llamados: Tlaloque.
- Sixth month of the Mexicans called etzalqualiztli, in which they celebrated the rain gods called tlaloque.