tzontecomatl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
tzontli (“hair”) + tecomatl (“gourd, vessel”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tzontecomatl (absolutive plural tzontecomameh) )
- head, skull
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 1:
- tzontecomatl. cabeza cortada y apartada del cuerpo.
(tzontecomatl. a head severed and separated from the body.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 318