zoyacuahuitl
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- çoyaquauitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom zōyatl (“palm tree”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzōyacuahuitl (inanimate)
- palm tree
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 1:
- Palma arbol conocido.çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.
A palm tree, a well-known tree. çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Idem, f. 25r. col. 1.
- çoyaquauitl. palma, el arbol.
- çoyaquauitl. palm, the tree.
- çoyaquauitl. palma, el arbol.
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editReferences
edit- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, pages 92, 25