ipalnemohuani

English

Proper noun

ipalnemohuani

1. A sun god in Nahuatl culture.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ypalhnemoani
• Ipal-Nemohuani

Etymology

ipal "by his/her/its/their grace" + nemohuani "everyone habitually lives", from nemohua "everyone lives", from nemi "he/she/it/they live"

Noun

īpalnemohuani

1. One by whose grace we live.
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana

     Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico; in ytlalhticpac in totecuyo omitzyocux, omtizpic, omitztlacatili in ypalhnemoani in Dios.

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