teomilco
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 1 March 2016
Alternative forms
- teumilco (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From teōtl (“god”) + mīlli (“agricultural land”) + -co.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te.oːˈmíːɬ.ko]
Noun
teōmīlco (locative)
- (mythology) (in) a divine cultivated field, particularly a cornfield.
- 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.
- Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.
- Our sustenance grows, the corn of the cornfield of the gods rests on a cane of rattles.
- Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.
- 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.
Related terms
- teōcalco
References
- Rafael Tena (2012) La religión mexica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, page 137