amoxcalli
Central Nahuatl edit
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amoxcalli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to āmoxtli (“book”) + calli (“house, building”).
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Noun edit
amoxcalli
- library
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 155r:
- Libreria. amoxcalli.amacalli.amoxpialoyã.amoxtlatiloyã.amoxtlacentecoyan.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2:
- Amoxcalli. libreria, o tienda de papel.
(Amoxcalli. library, or a paper store.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)