atlacuezonan
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- atlacueçonan (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
The first element is certainly ātl (“water”), though the rest of the compound is more obscure.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ātlācuezonan (inanimate, plural ātlācuezonan)
- (it is) a water lily.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 8r. col. 1:
- Atlacueçonan. ninfa, vel. onenufar, flor de yer- / ua de agua.
- Atlacueçonan. a lily; a water lily, the flower of an aquatic plant.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 8r
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 40