yohualli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

yohualli

1. night

References

• Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• yoalli
• youalli
• yovalli

Etymology

From yohua (“to get dark”) +‎ -lli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo(w)alli/

Noun

yohualli

1. Night; nighttime; darkness.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 181r:

     Noche generalmente. youalli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

yohualli

1. A spirit; "Night" personified.
   • 17C: Crónica mexicayotl

     auh niman yohualtica ycochizpan yn huitzillihuitl yn quinotz yohuallli yehuatl yn diablo

     (And then at night, in Huitzilihuitl's sleep, the devil Yohualli spoke to him.)

Derived terms

• yohualli ehecatl
• yohualnepantlah
• yohualtica

References

• Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
• Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 120–121
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 340
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242