Tonalli
In Nahuatl, a word for a day and for the sun's warmth.
Meaning and origin
Tōnalli named both a calendar day and the warmth the sun gave it, and in Nahua thought it also stood for a kind of vital heat or life-force that a person received at birth according to the day-sign they were born under.
How to pronounce Tonalli
| English (US) | toh-NAH-lee /toʊˈnɑːli/ |
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