tozoztontli
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom tōzōztli (“vigil”) + -tōn (“something small”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittōzōztōntli (inanimate)
- (it is) the third of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the rain god Tlāloc.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v:
- Tercero Mes delos Mexicanos llamado: teçoztontli, en el qual haziá fiesta al dios llamado Tlaloc, q́ es el dios delas pluuias.
- Third month of the Mexicans, called teçoztontli, in which they celebrated the god called Tlaloc, who is god of rain.