occhalchihuitl.

Headword:

occhalchihuitl.

Principal English Translation:

a metaphor, meaning still virginal, her precious greenstone ("cultural jade" or jadeite, i.e., vagina) still preserved (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

Orthographic Variants:

occhalchiuitl, oc chalchihuitl, oc chalchiuitl

Alonso de Molina:

occhalchiuitl. es aun donzella y virgen. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 75r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments

Sexuality, Fertility

Stones, Masonry

Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade