tonalmitl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tōnalli (“sun”) +‎ mītl (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːˈnaɬmiːt͡ɬ/

Noun

tōnamītl

sunray, sunbeam; ray of sunshine
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 207v.
  Rayo del ſol. tonameyotl. tonalmitl.
  
  (Ray of sunshine. tonameyotl. tonamitl.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149v. col. 1.
  tonalmitl. rayo del ſol.
  
  (tonalmitl. sunbeam.)

Synonyms

tōnameyōtl

References

Camilla Townsend (2010) Here in This Year: Seventeenth-Century Nahuatl Annals of the Tlaxcala-Puebla Valley, Stanford University Press, pages 146-147

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