pochocuauhtitech

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /poːtʃoːtitetʃ/

Etymology

From pōchōtl (silk-cotton tree) +‎ cuahuitl (tree, wood) + -ti- +‎ -tech (attached to).

Adverb

pōchōcuauhtitech

  1. To or on a silk-cotton tree.
    • 17C: Chimalpahin, "Rulers of Tenochtitlan, Tlacopan, and Texcoco", f. 84v
      vi. tecpatl xihuitl, ypan in pochoquauhtitech quinpilloque yn omentin tlahtoque.
      (In the year Six Flint they hanged two rulers on a silk-cotton tree.)

References

  • 1997, Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, Codex Chimalpahin: Volume 2, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, page pp. 38–39:
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