Malinalli
From Nahuatl malinalli, a twisted wild grass; also the twelfth of the twenty day signs in the Aztec ritual calendar.
Meaning and origin
Malinalli is the Nahuatl word for a kind of wiry grass and names the twelfth of the twenty day signs in the tonalpohualli, the 260-day Aztec ritual calendar.
How to pronounce Malinalli
| English (US) | mah-lee-NAH-lee /mɑliˈnɑli/ |
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