pochocuauhtitech

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 29 December 2012

Alternative forms

• pochoquauhtitech

Etymology

From pōchōtl (“silk-cotton tree”) +‎ cuahuitl (“tree, wood”) + -ti- +‎ -tech (“attached to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːtʃoːtitetʃ/

Adverb

pōchōcuauhtitech

1. To or on a silk-cotton tree.
   • 17C: Chimalpahin, "Rulers of Tenochtitlan, Tlacopan, and Texcoco", f. 84v

     vi. tecpatl xihuitl, ypan in pochoquauhtitech quinpilloque yn omentin tlahtoque.

     In the year Six Flint they hung two rulers on a silk-cotton tree.

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin: Volume 2, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 38–39