ilhuitl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ylhuitl (obsolete)
ilhui' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /íɬ.wit͡ɬ/

Noun

ilhuitl

Day.
Feast day; fiesta.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 84r:
  Dia de fieſta. ylhuitl.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(day) día, tonalli

Derived terms

cemilhuitl
ilhuicatl

References

Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 56, 235

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ilhuitl.

Noun

ilhuitl

fiesta, festival.

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