tonalpohualiztli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From tōnalpōhua (“to divine by signs, to determine a holiday”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tōnalpōhualiztli
- 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 edit
References edit
- “tonalpohualiztli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.