xiuhtotonacocheh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

xiuhtotonacoche

Etymology

xiuhtōtōnacochtli "Lovely Continga-feather ear pendant" + -eh "possessor"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xiwtoːtoːnakotʃeʔ/

Noun

xiuhtōtōnacocheh

One that has an ear pendant of Lovely Continga feathers.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
  Auh ynjc muchichioaia: xiuhtotonacacohe catca
  
  (And he was thus arrayed: he had an ear pendant of lovely continga feathers)

References

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

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