tonalmitl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tōnalli (“sun”) +‎ mītl (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈnaɬmiːt͡ɬ/

Noun

tōnamītl

1. sunray, sunbeam; ray of sunshine
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 207v.

     Rayo del ſol. tonameyotl. tonalmitl.

     (Ray of sunshine. tonameyotl. tonamitl.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149v. col. 1.

     tonalmitl. rayo del ſol.

     (tonalmitl. sunbeam.)

Synonyms

• tōnameyōtl

References

• Camilla Townsend (2010) Here in This Year: Seventeenth-Century Nahuatl Annals of the Tlaxcala-Puebla Valley, Stanford University Press, pages 146-147