quiyotl
Central Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Calpan, Jaltocán and Texcoco): kiotl
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quiyotl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps irregularly from quilitl (“weed, plant”) + -yotl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quiyōtl (inanimate)
- The stem or offshoot of a plant.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 231r:
- Tallo de yerua. quiyotl.
- The stem of a plant. quiyotl.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Spanish: quiote
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa