hualtemo

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From huāl- +‎ temō (“to come down, descend, lower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːltemoː/

Verb

huāltemō

1. to come down, descend
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 154v. col. 2:

     ualtemo. ni. (pret. oniualtemoc.) abaxar o descendir de alto.

     (ualtemo. to come down or descend from above.)

Synonyms

• temō

Derived terms

• huāltemōliztli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 81