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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tlācatl (“man, person”) + xīpēhualiztli (“flaying”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tlācaxīpēhualiztli (inanimate)
- (it is) the second of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the god Xīpe Totēc.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88r:Segundo mes deel año delos Mexicanos llamado: Tlacaxipehualiztli, haziá fiesta al Dios llamado: Totec /o Xipe.- Second month of the year of the Mexicans, called tlacaxipehualiztli. They celebrated the god called Totec or Xipe.