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tonalamatl

tonalamatl noun: a divinatory almanac used in central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, and structured around the sacred 260-day year.

Noun

tonalamatl (plural tonalamatls)

  1. A divinatory almanac used in central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, and structured around the sacred 260-day year.

Forms of tonalamatl

pluraltonalamatls

Origin of tonalamatl

From Classical Nahuatl tōnalāmatl (literally “book of days”).

Questions about tonalamatl

What does tonalamatl mean?
Tonalamatl means a divinatory almanac used in central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, and structured around the sacred 260-day year.
What part of speech is tonalamatl?
Tonalamatl is a noun.
What is the plural of tonalamatl?
The plural of tonalamatl is tonalamatls.

Words near tonalamatl in the dictionary

  1. tonal center
  2. tonal centers
  3. tonal centre
  4. tonal centres
  5. tonal noise
  6. tonalamatl
  7. tonalamatls
  8. Tonalea
  9. tonalise
  10. tonalised
  11. tonalises

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