nochehuatl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- nocheuatl (nonstandard spelling)
Etymology edit
From nōchtli (“prickly pear”) + ēhuatl (“skin, peel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
noōchēhuatl (inanimate)
- The rind of a prickly pear.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72v. col. 1:
- Nocheuatl. caxcara de tuna, o todo eſſo aſsi lo vno como lo otro, o coſa que se ſe cuenta con lo demas, o que es dela miſma coſa.
- Nocheuatl. the rind of a prickly pear, or anything be it this or that, or something that is counted among other things, or is of the same thing.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 72