coyolli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojolli/

Noun

coyolli (absolutive plural coyoltin, possessive singular īcoyol)

1. jingle bell
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27v. col. 2:

     cuyulli. caxcauel, o anzuelo para pescar.
     (cuyulli. jingle bell, or a fishing hook.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. bell, church bell
3. fishing hook
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27v. col. 2:

     cuyulli. caxcauel, o anzuelo para pescar.
     (cuyulli. jingle bell, or a fishing hook.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• coyolācatl
• coyolcalli
• coyolxōchitl

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 43