hueyi tecuilhuitl
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- huey tecuhilhuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom huēyi (“something great, large”) + tēuctli (“lord”) + ilhuitl (“feast,day of celebration”), literally “Great Feast of Lords”.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edithuēyi tēcuilhuitl (inanimate)
- (it is) the eighth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to agricultural deities such as Xīlōnen.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:
- Octauo mes delos mexnos llamado: Hueytecuhilhuitl, enq́ hazian fiesta ala Diosa llamada: xilonen, diosa delos xilotes.
- Eigth month of the Mexicans, called Hueytecuhilhuitl, in which they celebrated the goddess called Xilonen, goddess of unripe ears of maize.