ic nahuilhuitl semana
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- ycnauiluitl semana (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom ic nāhui (“fourth”) + ilhuitl (“day”) + semana (“week”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editic nāhuilhuitl semana (inanimate)
- Wednesday; the fourth day of the week.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 85r. col. 1:
- Miercoles,dia dela ſemana. lo meſmo. vel. ycnauil / huitl ſemana.
- Wednesday, the day of the week. the same, or ycnauilhuitl ſemana.
Usage notes
edit- It should be noted that the seven-day week was adopted by the Aztecs only after the Spanish conquest. Prior to Spanish arrival the Aztecs used two calendrical systems: the tōnalpōhualli (“day count”), divided into 20 trecenas, or periods of 13 days, for a total of 260 days; and the xiuhpōhualli (“year count”), divided into 18 periods of 20 days each, plus another 5 unlucky days, for a total of 365 days.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 85r