citlalin

Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̻iˈt͡ɬaː.lin̥]

Noun

citlālin anim (plural cīcitlāltin)

  1. (it is) a star.
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 120r:
      Eſtrella.   citlalli. [sic]
      A star. citlalli. [sic]
    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 61r. col. 2:
      Eſtrella.citlali.
      A star. citlali.
    • 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex‎[1], volume 10, folio 117v:
      auh injc tlamatinj catca, qujmjximatia in ilhujcac onoque cicitlalti, qujntocamacaque: auh qujmatia in jmjhiio
      And so wise were they [that] they understood the stars which were in the heavens; they gave them names and understood their influence
    • 1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, C.M., and James Lockhart, The Story of Guadalupe Luis Laso de la Vega’s Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, pages 90-91:
      huel nohuian teocuitlatene, achi patlactic inic tene; auh nohuian teocuitlaçiçitlallo: auh in ye mochintin çiçitlaltin ompohualtin onchiquaçẽteme.
      with gold edges all around, which are somewhat wide, and it is speckled all over with gold stars; the stars total forty-six.

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