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The tōnalpōhualli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [toːnaɬpoːˈwalːi]), meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is a Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This calendar is solar and consists of 20 13-day periods. Each trecena is ruled by a different deity. Graphic representations for the twenty day names have ...
A glyph could be used as a rebus to represent a different word with the same sound or similar pronunciation. This is especially evident in the glyphs of town names. [9] For example, the glyph for Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was represented by combining two pictograms: stone (te-tl) and cactus (noch-tli).
Aztec female names from the 1540 Census n=1205 [1] 1st Component 2nd Component Commonality Frequency Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English 1st 313 Tēyacapan [teːjaˈkapan] first born non-name form --> tēyacapantli [teːjakaˈpant͡ɬi] first born 2nd 182 Tlahco [ˈt͡ɬaʔko] middle (born) 3rd 182 Teicuih [teˈikʷiʔ]
The Nahuatl word for moon is metztli but whatever name was used for these periods is unknown. Through Spanish usage, the 20-day period of the Aztec calendar has become commonly known as a veintena. Each 20-day period started on Cipactli (Crocodile) for which a festival was held. The eighteen veintena are listed below. The dates are from early ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Nahuatl on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Nahuatl in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Its English translation is titled “You Dreamed of Empires,” which sounds less Yoda-like and morphs, to my ear, into something different. ... I used the word "Aztec" in a paragraph above for ...
Nahui Ollin symbol with an eye (ixtli) in the center. A solar ray and a precious stone (chalchihuitl) emanate from the eye, Codex Borbonicus (1519–1521) [1] Nahui Ollin is a concept in Aztec/Mexica cosmology with a variety of meanings. Nahui translates to "four" and Ollin translates to "movement" or "motion."
Coatl (also spelled cohuatl, couatl, or cuatl) is a Nahuatl word meaning "serpent" (modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ). It is the name of one of the day-signs in the Aztec calendar. It may also refer to: Coatl, a character from the 1945 novel, Captain from Castile. Also appears in the 1947 film adaptation, Captain from Castile