teomilco

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From teōtl (god) +‎ mīlli (agricultural land) +‎ -co.

Pronunciation

Noun

teōmīlco (locative)

  1. (mythology) (in) a divine cultivated field, particularly a cornfield.
    • 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.
      Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.
      Our sustenance grows, the corn of the cornfield of the gods rests on a cane of rattles.

References

  • Rafael Tena (2012) La religión mexica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, page 137