citlalin

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• citlali (obsolete spellings), citlalli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s̻iˈt͡ɬaː.lin̥]

Noun

citlālin anim (plural cīcitlāltin)

1. (it is) a star.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 120r:

     Eſtrella.   citlalli. [sic]

     A star. citlalli. [sic]

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 61r. col. 2:

     Eſtrella.citlali.

     A star. citlali.

   • 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex‎^[1], volume 10, folio 117v:

     auh injc tlamatinj catca, qujmjximatia in ilhujcac onoque cicitlalti, qujntocamacaque: auh qujmatia in jmjhiio

     And so wise were they [that] they understood the stars which were in the heavens; they gave them names and understood their influence

   • 1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, C.M., and James Lockhart, The Story of Guadalupe Luis Laso de la Vega’s Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, pages 90-91:

     huel nohuian teocuitlatene, achi patlactic inic tene; auh nohuian teocuitlaçiçitlallo: auh in ye mochintin çiçitlaltin ompohualtin onchiquaçẽteme.

     with gold edges all around, which are somewhat wide, and it is speckled all over with gold stars; the stars total forty-six.

Derived terms

• citlālloh
• citlāltepitōn
• citlāltōn, citlāltōntli
• huēyi citlālin

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 61r, 22v