hueyi tecuilhuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• huey tecuhilhuitl (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From huēyi (“something great, large”) +‎ tēuctli (“lord”) +‎ ilhuitl (“feast,day of celebration”), literally “Great Feast of Lords”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈweːji teːˈkʷiɬwit͡ɬ]

Proper noun

huēyi tēcuilhuitl (inanimate)

1. (it is) the eighth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to agricultural deities such as Xīlōnen.
   • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:

     Octauo mes delos mex^nos llamado: Hueytecuhilhuitl, enq́ hazian fiesta ala Diosa llamada: xilonen, diosa delos xilotes.

     Eigth month of the Mexicans, called Hueytecuhilhuitl, in which they celebrated the goddess called Xilonen, goddess of unripe ears of maize.

Related terms

• tēcuilhuitōntli