elotl
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
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editelotl
Central Nahuatl
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editelotl
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editCompare tlaōlli (“maize in general”), ōlōtl (“corncob”) and xīlōtl (“tender ear of maize”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editēlōtl
- A tender ear of maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, part 2, f. 28. col. 2:
- Elotl maçorca de mayz verde,que ya tiene quajados los granos.
(Elotl green ear of maize, with the kernels already formed.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- Spanish: elote
References
edit- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
editEtymology
editCognate to Classical Nahuatl ēlōtl.
Noun
editelotl
Sierra Negra Nahuatl
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editelotl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
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editelotl
- a fresh ear of corn
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
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- Central Huasteca Nahuatl nouns
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl nouns
- Amecameca Central Nahuatl
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl nouns
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- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl nouns
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- Sierra Negra Nahuatl nouns
- nsu:Fruits
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl lemmas
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl nouns