tlemoyotl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From tletl (“fire”) + mōyōtl (“mosquito”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tlemōyōtl
- spark
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 62r:
- Centella de huego. tlemoyotl.
(Spark of fire. tlemoyotl.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 147r. col. 2:
- Tlemoyotl. centella.
(Tlemoyotl. spark.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 308
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 261