xalli
Central Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl xalli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xalli
- (Cholula) sand
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Compare Michoacán Nahuatl xali, Tetelcingo Nahuatl xöli̱.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xalli
- sand
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 23r:
- Arena. xalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 321
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 241
Orizaba Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
xalli