tonalehecatl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- to̱nalejeca' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
Etymology
[edit]tonalli (“heat of the sun”) + ehecatl (“wind”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tonalehecatl
- A hot wind.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 243v:
- Viento eſtiual. tonalehecatl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 194, 268