huentzintli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ventzintli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From huentli (“offering, sacrifice”) +‎ -tzin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

huentzintli (inanimate)

sacrificial offering
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 156v. col. 2:
  Ventli.ofrenda. / Ventzintli.idem.
  Ventli. an offering. / Ventzintli. the same.

See also

teōmicqui

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa

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