tzontli

• tzontle

tzontli (plural tzontlis)

1. (historical) An Aztec unit of 400 (men, cocoa beans, ears of maize, etc.).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsontɬi/

tzontli

1. hair
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 153v. col. 2:

     tzontli. cabello o pelo.

     tzontli. a hair or head of hair.

   • c1558-1561: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 255.

     totzon titlaveyaquila.

     our hair: we grow it long.

2. head
3. crown, headdress
4. crest

• “tzontli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

tzontli

1. hair.