hueyi tozoztli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From huēyi (something great, large) +‎ tōzōztli (eve).

Pronunciation

Noun

huēyi tōzōztli (inanimate)

  1. (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.