tocatzahualli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

tocatl "spider" + tzāhualli "web"

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tokatsaːwalli/

Noun

tocatzāhualli

  1. Spiderweb.
    • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
      ic mjtoaia, ic moteneoaia, intla tlaçolli, yntla tocatzaoalli, yntla tzontli, intla tecolli, vncan vetztoc: ic mjtoaia, aço tetlaxima, aço ichtec
      (It was said, it was affirmed, that if dirt, cobwebs, a hair, charcoal lay fallen there, then it was said he was either an adulterer or a thief)

References
  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 35
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