tonatiuh

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈna.tiʔ/

Noun

tonatiuh

  1. (Texcoco) sun, dusk

References

  • Herrera, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Consejo Estatal para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas del Estado de México (CEDIPIEM); Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Nominalization of tōna (to be hot, to be sunny) + -ti + yauh (to go), literally “it goes along emitting heat”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toː.ˈna.tiʍ/

Noun

tōnatiuh (inanimate)

  1. (it is) the sun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Central Nahuatl: tonatih

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.