cempohualilhuitl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cempoal ilhuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + ilhuitl (“day”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cempōhualilhuitl (inanimate)
- a period of twenty days
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 16v. col. 1:
- Cempoal ilhuitl . veynte dias.
- Cempoal ilhuitl. twenty days.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 16v