ehecatl

See also: ehēcatl

Classical Nahuatl

The glyph for the day sign “wind”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.

A frequentative reduplication of ehcatl (“wind”).

ehēcatl (inanimate)

air
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 12v.
  Ayre. ehecatl.
  Air. ehecatl.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7r. col. 1.
  Ayre. ehecatl.
  Air. ehecatl.
- Idem, f. 28r. col. 2.
  Eecatl. viento, o ayre.
  Eecatl. wind, or the air.
wind
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 28r. col. 2.
  Eecatl. viento, o ayre.
  Eecatl. wind, or the air.
The second day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli.
- 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.
  Macuili ecatl / ques çinco vien / tos.
  Macuili ecatl. [sic] which means “five winds”.

Terms derived from ehēcatl

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 7r, 28r, 117v
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 217
Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 254

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