tonalli

Noun

 * 1)  day
 * 2) sweat
 * 3)  sun.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) The warmth of the sun.
 * 2) * 17C: Bernardino de Sahagún; Chimalpahin (copyist), Exercicio quotidiano, f. 22r
 * ynic omotetzinco ceceuh yn itztic in cecec ticmottititzino cecuiztli auh in tonalli in mitonaltzin ticmomatemilitia
 * (when punishing cold and iciness at times chilled you; you found freezing cold; and [in] the heat you wiped the perspiration with your hand.)
 * 1) Day.
 * 2) * 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1, chapter 12
 * qujnaoatia, yn iqujn oallaz: qujpepena in tonalli, qujtta yn jamux, yn jtlacujlol: qujtta, yn iqujn qualli tonalli, yn ieccan, in qualcan
 * (He instructed him when he should come; he chose the day. He consulted his sacred almanac, he noted the good day, the good time, the favorable time.)
 * 1) * 2000: Severiana Estrada Vásquez; Arnulfo Prado & David Tuggy (ed. and tr.), Ya wejkawitl oksé tlamantle oyeka
 * "nci"
 * "nci"

- Yonmej tonaltin mach okipiayaj tlanextle In those days they didn't have electricity


 * 1) Day sign.
 * 2) * 17C: Annals of Cuauhtitlan, 7:47–49
 * auh yn iuh quimatia yn iquac hualneztiuh yn tleyn ypan tonalli çeçentlamantin ỹpan yauh mìyotia quinmina quintlahuelia
 * (And so, when he goes forth, they know on what day sign he casts light on certain people, venting his anger against them, shooting them with darts.)
 * 1) (possessed) Privilege.
 * 2) * 16C: Florentine Codex, book 10, chapter 26
 * qualli iectli, ioani, tetonal tecpilatl, tlâtôcaatl
 * (good, superior, potable [chocolate]: the privilege, the drink of nobles, of rulers)
 * 1) * 17C: Pedro Calderón de la Barca; Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), El Gran Teatro del Mundo, f. 3r.
 * Nomacehual notonal yn tlatquitl nipapaquiz ninotlamachtiz
 * (Property is my reward, my fate. I wil be joyful and rich.)
 * 1) (possessed) Soul; spirit; shadow.
 * 2) * 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10, chapter 29
 * mjtoaia vmpa tiiocoelo in timaceoalti, vmpa vitz in totonal: in jquac motlalia, in jquac chipinj piltzintli, vmpa oallauh in jntonal, imjtic calaquj
 * (It was said that there were we, the common people, created; thence came our souls. When babies were conceived, when they dropped [from heaven], their souls came from there; they entered into their [mother’s] wombs.)

Synonyms

 * (sun) tonatiuh
 * (day) ilhuitl

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a day