English Explanatory Dictionary

tonalamatl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tonalamatl tonalamatls

Etymology

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

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