teomilco

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Classical Nahuatl[edit]

FWOTD – 1 March 2016

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From teōtl (“god”) +‎ mīlli (“agricultural land”) +‎ -co.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [te.oːˈmíːɬ.ko]

Noun[edit]

teōmīlco (locative)

  1. (mythology) (in) a divine cultivated field, particularly a cornfield.
    • 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.
      Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.
      Our sustenance grows, the corn of the cornfield of the gods rests on a cane of rattles.

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References[edit]

  • Rafael Tena (2012) La religión mexica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, page 137
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