cempohualxochitl
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Classical Nahuatl
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Alternative forms
[edit]- cempoalsuchitl (obsolete)
- cempoalxochitl
Etymology
[edit]From cempōhualli (“twenty”) + xōchitl (“flower”). Cognate with Tetelcingo Nahuatl sempoalxuchi̱tl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cempōhualxōchitl
- Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta).
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 8
- Cempoalsuchitl, tzitziqujltic in jxiuhio, matzatzaianquj coztic.
- (Cempoalxochitl. Its foliage is jagged; the leaf is serrated. It is yellow.)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 8
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: cempasúchil
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Brewer, Forrest, Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 19, 45, 222
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 200