hualtemo

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From huāl- +‎ temō (“to come down, descend, lower”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwaːltemoː/

Verb

huāltemō

to come down, descend
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 154v. col. 2:
  ualtemo. ni. (pret. oniualtemoc.) abaxar o descendir de alto.
  (ualtemo. to come down or descend from above.)

Synonyms

temō

Derived terms

huāltemōliztli

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 81

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