tonatiuh

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Nominalization of tōna (“to be hot, to be sunny”) +‎ -ti + yauh (“to go”), literally “it goes along emitting heat”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːˈna.tiw/

Noun

tōnatiuh (inanimate)

(it is) the sun.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 227r.
  Sol planeta. tonatiuh.
  Sun; the planet. tonatiuh.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 109v. col. 2.
  […] Sol planeta. tonatiuh.
  […] Sun; the planet. tonatiuh.
- Idem, f. 149v. col. 1.
  Tonatiuh.el ſol.
  Tonatiuh. the sun.

Derived terms

tōnatiuhyoh

Descendants

Central Puebla Nahuatl: tonatih

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 109v, 149v

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