tzontli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsontɬi/

Noun

tzontli

1. hair
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 2.

     tzontli. cabello o pelo.

     (tzontli. a hair or head of hair.)

   • c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 255.

     totzon titlaveyaquila.

     (our hair: we grow it long)

2. head
3. crown, headdress
4. crest

References

• “tzontli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.