yohualtetzahuitl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- youaltetzauitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From yohualli (“night”) + tētzāhuitl (“presage, omen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yohualtētzāhuitl (inanimate)
- A vision or apparition that happens at night; a ghost.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 41v. col. 1:
- Youaltetzauitl. viſiõ ofantaſma q̃parece 'dnoche
- Youaltetzauitl. a vision or ghost that appears at night.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 41