ompohualilhuitl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ompoalilhuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From ōmpōhualli (“forty”) + ilhuitl (“day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ōmpōhualilhuitl (inanimate)
- a period of forty days
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76v. col. 2:
- Ompoalilhuitl . quarenta dias.
- Ompoalilhuitl. forty days.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 76v