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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From xocotl + huetzi, literally “(the) jocote falls”, as this fruit often ripened and fell during this veintena.
Pronunciation
Noun
xocotl huetzi (inanimate)
- (it is) the tenth of eighteen veintenas (20-day periods) of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the fire god Xiuhtēuctli.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 91r:Decimo mes delos mexnos llamado: Xocotlhuetzi. enq́ hazián fiesta al dios deel fuego llamado: Xiuhtecuhtli /o ixcoçauhqui.- Tenth month of the Mexicans, called xocotl huetzi, in which they celebrated the fire god called Xiuhteuctli or Ixcozauhqui.
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