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Tonalli vs Tonal - What's the difference?

tonalli | tonal | Alternative forms |

Tonalli is an alternative form of tonal.


As nouns the difference between tonalli and tonal

is that tonalli is the heat of the sun while tonal is an animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.

As a adjective tonal is

of or relating to tones or tonality.

tonalli

Not English

Tonalli has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'tonalli':

toenail, tunnel, thymol, tumuli, thionyl, twinhull, thienyl, tannal, thionol, townhall, thenal, teanel

tonal

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia tonal)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to tones or tonality.
  • (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
  • (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
  • Antonyms
    * atonal

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * tona, tonalli

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
  • * 1989 , Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean , page 122:
  • When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
    See also
    * nahual

    Anagrams

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