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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From ochpāna (“to sweep”), as brooms and sweeping featured prominently in the purification rituals associated with this veintena.
Pronunciation
Noun
ochpāniztli (inanimate)
- (it is) the eleventh of the eighteen veintenas (20-day periods) of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the chthonic mother goddess Teteoh Innan.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 91r:Vndecimo Mes delos mexnos llamado: Ochpaniztli, enq́ hazian fiesta ala madre delos dioses llamada: Teteo innan/, o tocih, nŕa abuela.- Eleventh month of the Mexicans, called Ochpaniztli, in which they celebrated the mother of the gods, called Teteoh Innan, or Tocih, “our grandmother”.