tzontli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tzontli
- hair
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 2:
- tzontli. cabello o pelo.
(tzontli. a hair or head of hair.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 255.
- totzon titlaveyaquila.
(our hair: we grow it long)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- head
- crown, headdress
- crest
References[edit]
- “tzontli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.
Orizaba Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
tzontli
- hair.