tonatiuh
Central Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- (Amecameca): tonatih
- (Jaltocán): tonatiw
- (Milpa Alta): tonaltzintli
- (Tlaxcala): tonal
Etymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittonatiuh
References
edit- Herrera, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Consejo Estatal para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas del Estado de México (CEDIPIEM); Mexico City, Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editNominalization of tōna (“to be hot, to be sunny”) + -ti + yauh (“to go”), literally “it goes along emitting heat”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittōnatiuh (inanimate)
- (it is) the sun.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 227r:
- Sol planeta. tonatiuh.
- Sun; the planet. tonatiuh.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 109v. col. 2:
- […] Sol planeta. tonatiuh.
- […] Sun; the planet. tonatiuh.
- Idem, f. 149v. col. 1.
- Tonatiuh.el ſol.
- Tonatiuh. the sun.
- Tonatiuh.el ſol.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Central Nahuatl: tonatih
References
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 109v, 149v
Categories:
- Central Nahuatl terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Central Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl nouns
- Texcoco Central Nahuatl
- nhn:Astronomy
- nhn:Celestial bodies
- nhn:Light sources
- Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -ti
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl nouns
- Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations
- Classical Nahuatl compound terms
- Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography
- nci:Celestial bodies