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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From panquetza (“to raise banners”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
Noun
panquetzaliztli (inanimate)
- (it is) a raising or planting of banners, especially as boundary markers.
- (it is) the fifteenth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tutelary deity Huītzilōpōchtli.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 92v:Decimoquinto Mes delos mexnos. llamado: Panquetzaliztli. enel q́l haziá fiesta al dios dela guerra llamado Huitzilopochtli.- Fifteenth month of the Mexicans, called panquetzaliztli, in which they celebrated the god of war called Huitzilopochtli.