etzalcualiztli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• etzalqualiztli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From etzalli (“beans and cooked maize”) +‎ cua (“to eat”) +‎ -liztli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [et͡saɬkʷaˈlist͡ɬi]

Noun

etzalcualiztli (inanimate)

1. (it is) the eating of beans and cooked maize.
2. (it is) the sixth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tlālohqueh.
   • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89v:

     Sexto Mes delos Mexicanos llamado: etzalqualiztli enque hazian fiesta alos Dioses dela pluuia llamados: Tlaloque.

     Sixth month of the Mexicans called etzalqualiztli, in which they celebrated the rain gods called tlaloque.

Related terms

• etl