tonalpohua
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom tōnalli (“day”) + pōhua (“to count, measure”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittōnalpōhua
- to divine using signs and dreams
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149v. col. 1:
- to determine holidays using the Aztec calendar
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149v. col. 1:
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editReferences
edit- “tonalpohua” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2012.