tonalpohualli

English

Noun

tonalpohualli (plural tonalpohuallis)

1. A Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tonalli (“day”) +‎ pohualli (“count”), literally (“count of the days”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toː.naɬ.poːˈwa.lːi]

Noun

tōnalpōhualli

1. A sacred calendrical period used by the Aztecs. It was composed of 20 trecenas adding up to 260 days.

Related terms

• tonalamatl

See also

• tonalpohualli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia