olotl
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olotl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Compare tlaōlli (“maize (in general)”), ēlōtl (“green ear of maize”) and xīlōtl (“immature, tender ear of maize”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ōlōtl
- heart (organ)
- Synonym: yōllōtl
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2:
- olotl. el corazon, o espiga desgranada dela mazorca de mayz.
(olotl. the heart, or a shelled corncob.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- A shelled corncob.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2:
- olotl. el corazon, o espiga desgranada dela mazorca de mayz.
(olotl. the heart, or a shelled corncob.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: olote
References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 178
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ōlōtl
Noun edit
olotl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Cf. Classical Nahuatl ōlōtl.
Noun edit
olotl
See also edit
References edit
- Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 15