metztli mayo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mētztli (“month”) + Spanish mayo (“May”). Calque of Spanish mes de mayo (“the month of May”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- May
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 161r:
- Mayo mes quinto.lo meſmo. vel,metztli mayo. yc macuilli metztli yncexiuitl.
- May, the fifth month. the same, or metztli mayo. yc macuilli metztli yncexiuitl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 80v. col. 1:
- Mayo,mes quinto. lo meſmo. vel. metztli mayo. ycmacuilli metztli yncexiuitl.
- May, the fifth month. the same, or metztli mayo. ycmacuilli metztli yncexiuitl.
- Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.
- Metztli mayo. el mes de mayo. Et ſic de alijs.
- Metztli mayo. the month of May; and likewise for the others.
- Metztli mayo. el mes de mayo. Et ſic de alijs.
Synonyms
[edit]- ic mācuīlli mētztli in cexihuitl (“the fifth month of the year”)
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 80v, 55v
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