hualtemoliztli
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom huāltemō (“to come down, descend”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithuāltemōliztli
- descent
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 154v. col. 2:
- ualtemoliztli. descendimiento assi.
- (ualtemoliztli. a descent in this manner.) (see quotations at huāltemō)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 81