panquetzaliztli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From panquetza (“to raise banners”) + -liztli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paŋket͡saˈlist͡ɬi]
Noun
panquetzaliztli (inanimate)
- (it is) a raising or planting of banners, especially as boundary markers.
- (it is) the fifteenth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the tutelary deity Huītzilōpōchtli.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 92v.
- Decimoquinto Mes delos mexnos. llamado: Panquetzaliztli. enel q́l haziá fiesta al dios dela guerra llamado Huitzilopochtli.
- Fifteenth month of the Mexicans, called panquetzaliztli, in which they celebrated the god of war called Huitzilopochtli.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 92v.
Related terms
- quetzalli