cihyotl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- ciyotl (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From cihtli (“hare”) + -yōtl, literally (“hareness”).
Noun edit
cihyōtl
- That pertaining to a hare, something harelike.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 153r:
- Lebruno coſa de liebre. ciyotl.
- Harelike, something pertaining to a hare. ciyotl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22r. col. 2:
- Ciyotl: lebruno, coſa de liebre, o de abuela.
- Ciyotl. harelike; that which pertains to a hare, or that which pertains to a grandmother.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From cihtli (“grandmother”) + -yōtl, literally (“grandmotherness”).
Noun edit
cihyōtl
- That pertaining to a grandmother, something grandmotherly.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22r. col. 2:
- Ciyotl: lebruno, coſa de liebre, o de abuela.
- Ciyotl. harelike; that which pertains to a hare, or that which pertains to a grandmother.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa