hueyi tozoztli
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Alternative forms
- hueytoçoztli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From huēyi (“something great, large”) + tōzōztli (“eve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
huēyi tōzōztli (inanimate)
- (it is) the fourth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the maize god Cintēōtl.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89r:
- Quarto mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Hueytoçoztli, enque hazian fiesta al dios llamado cinteotl, Dios delos maizes.
- Fourth month of the Mexicans, called hueytoçoztli, in which they celebrated the god called Cinteotl, god of maize plants.
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