tonalpohualiztli
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom tōnalpōhua (“to divine by signs, to determine a holiday”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittōnalpōhualiztli
- Divination using signs and dreams.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149v. col. 1:
- tonalpoaliztli. adiuinacion assi.
- (tonalpoaliztli. divination in this manner.) (see quotations at tōnalpōhua)
- The figuring of holidays using the Aztec calendar.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “tonalpohualiztli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.