tecuilhuitontli
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tecuhilhuitontli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From tēuctli (“lord”) + ilhuitl (“feast, day of celebration”) + -tōn (“something small”), literally “Minor Feast of Lords”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]tēcuilhuitōntli (inanimate)
- (it is) the seventh of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the Huīxtohcihuātl, goddess of salt and salt water.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:
- Septimo mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Tecuhilhuitontli, enq́ hazian fiesta ala diosa dela sal, llamada: huixtocihuatl.
- Seventh month of the Mexicans, called Tecuilhuitontli, in which they celebrated the goddess of salt, called Huixtocihuatl.