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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From teōtl (“god”) + mīlli (“agricultural land”) + -co.
Pronunciation
Noun
teōmīlco (locative)
- (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