pochocuauhtitech

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 29 December 2012

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pōchōtl (silk-cotton tree) + cuahuitl (tree, wood) + -ti- + -tech (attached to).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poːtʃoːtitetʃ/

Adverb

pōchōcuauhtitech

  1. To or on a silk-cotton tree.
    • 17C: Chimalpahin, "Rulers of Tenochtitlan, Tlacopan, and Texcoco", f. 84v
      vi. tecpatl xihuitl, ypan in pochoquauhtitech quinpilloque yn omentin tlahtoque.
      In the year Six Flint they hung two rulers on a silk-cotton tree.

References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin: Volume 2, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 38–39
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