hueyi tecuilhuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • huey tecuhilhuitl (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From huēyi (“something great, large”) +‎ tēuctli (“lord”) +‎ ilhuitl (“feast,day of celebration”), literally “Great Feast of Lords”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈweːji teːˈkʷiɬwit͡ɬ]

Proper noun

huēyi tēcuilhuitl (inanimate)

  1. (it is) the eighth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to agricultural deities such as Xīlōnen.
    • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:
      Octauo mes delos mexnos llamado: Hueytecuhilhuitl, enq́ hazian fiesta ala Diosa llamada: xilonen, diosa delos xilotes.
      Eigth month of the Mexicans, called Hueytecuhilhuitl, in which they celebrated the goddess called Xilonen, goddess of unripe ears of maize.
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