hualtemoliztli

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From huāltemō (“to come down, descend”) +‎ -liztli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waːlteˈmoːlist͡ɬi/

Noun

huāltemōliztli

descent
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 154v. col. 2:
  ualtemoliztli. descendimiento assi.
  (ualtemoliztli. a descent in this manner.) (see quotations at huāltemō)

Synonyms

temōliztli

References

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

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