panquetzaliztli

From panquetza (“to raise banners”) + -liztli.

suffix

(it is) a raising or planting of banners, especially as boundary markers.

Decimoquinto Mes delos mexⁿᵒˢ. llamado: Panquetzaliztli. enel q́l haziá fiesta al dios dela guerra llamado Huitzilopochtli.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 92v:

Fifteenth month of the Mexicans, called panquetzaliztli, in which they celebrated the god of war called Huitzilopochtli.

(it is) the fifteenth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tutelary deity Huītzilōpōchtli.


etzalcualiztli

From etzalli (“beans and cooked maize”) + cua (“to eat”) + -liztli.

af

(it is) the eating of beans and cooked maize.

Sexto Mes delos Mexicanos llamado: etzalqualiztli enque hazian fiesta alos Dioses dela pluuia llamados: Tlaloque.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89v:

Sixth month of the Mexicans called etzalqualiztli, in which they celebrated the rain gods called tlaloque.

(it is) the sixth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tlālohqueh.


ochpaniztli

From ochpāna (“to sweep”), as brooms and sweeping featured prominently in the purification rituals associated with this veintena.

Vndecimo Mes delos mexⁿᵒˢ llamado: Ochpaniztli, enq́ hazian fiesta ala madre delos dioses llamada: Teteo innan/, o tocih, nŕa abuela.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 91r:

Eleventh month of the Mexicans, called Ochpaniztli, in which they celebrated the mother of the gods, called Teteoh Innan, or Tocih, “our grandmother”.

Teteoh Innan
teteoh innan#Classical_Nahuatl

(it is) the eleventh of the eighteen veintenas (20-day periods) of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the chthonic mother goddess Teteoh Innan.


xocotl huetzi

From xocotl + huetzi, literally “(the) jocote falls”, as this fruit often ripened and fell during this veintena.

xocohuetzi (alternative)
xocotlhuetzi (alternative)

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.

(it is) the tenth of eighteen veintenas (20-day periods) of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the fire god Xiuhtēuctli.


tlalaalatlah

tlālaalatlah (canonical)
tlalaalatla (alternative)

Tlala alatla.maluar.ſ.el lugar donde ſe crian.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 124r:

Tlala alatla. a field of mallows, the place where they grow.

(in) a place abundant in mallows, a field of mallows.


huixachin

From huitztli (“thorn”) + ixachi (“a lot, great in quantity”)


ahuictli

From ātl (“water”) + huictli (“digging stick”)


xiuhhuitzolli

xiuhhuitzōlli (canonical)
xiuhuitzolli (alternative)

From xihuitl (“turquoise, grass, comet, year”) + huitzolli (“something pointed”)

compound

a turquoise diadem worn by the tlatoani of the Aztec Empire, symbolizing autonomous kingship


toxiuhmolpilia

the New Fire ceremony, a festival performed every fifty-two years


chinampan

From chināmitl (“cane fence”) + -pan (“on”)


ihyelli

From ihyāya (“to stink”) + -lli, with the /a/ raised to /e/


tlalocan

From Tlāloc (“Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god”) + -tlān (“place”)

suffix

"the place of Tlaloc", the Aztec rain god; a paradise where the souls of those who died from drowning, storms, and lightning strikes are believed to reside in


mixcoatl

From mixtli (“cloud”) + cōātl (“snakes”). Literally, “cloud serpent”.


cuauhxicalli

Equivalent to cuāuhtli (“eagle”) + xīcalli (“jicara, bowl”).

compound

an altar-like stone vessel used by the Aztec in sacrificial ceremonies.


teoatl tlahchinolli

A difrasismo. From teōātl (“divine water”) + tlahchinōlli (“the burned fields”).


tetennamiquiliztli

From tē- + tēnnāmiqui (“to kiss”) + -liztli.