tonalpouhqui
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 4 June 2017
Etymology
From tōnalpōhua (“to divine”) + -qui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toː.naɬˈpoːʍ.ki]
Noun
tōnalpōuhqui (animate, plural tōnalpōuhqueh)
- A soothsayer, one who divines using signs or dreams.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 7v:
- Adiuinacion por ſignos oſueños nitonalpoua. […] / Adiuino deſta manera.tonalpouhqui.
- Divination using signs or dreams. nitonalpohua. […] / A diviner who divines in this way. tonalpouhqui.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 10r:
- Agorero que las declara. tonalpouhqui.
- A soothsayer who declares them. tonalpouhqui.
- Idem, f. 149v. col. 1.
- Tonalpouhqui. adiuino o agorero, que echa ſuertes.
- Tonalpouhqui. a diviner or soothsayer, one who draws lots.
- Tonalpouhqui. adiuino o agorero, que echa ſuertes.
Synonyms
- (diviner, soothsayer): tīcitl
Related terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 149
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