tocatzahualli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tocatzaoalli

Etymology

tocatl "spider" + tzāhualli "web"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tokatsaːwalli/

Noun

tocatzāhualli

1. Spiderweb.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     ic mjtoaia, ic moteneoaia, intla tlaçolli, yntla tocatzaoalli, yntla tzontli, intla tecolli, vncan vetztoc: ic mjtoaia, aço tetlaxima, aço ichtec

     (It was said, it was affirmed, that if dirt, cobwebs, a hair, charcoal lay fallen there, then it was said he was either an adulterer or a thief)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 35