olotl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Compare tlaōlli (“maize (in general)”), ēlōtl (“green ear of maize”) and xīlōtl (“immature, tender ear of maize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːloːt͡ɬ/
Noun
ōlōtl
- heart (organ)
- Synonym: yōllōtl
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2:
- olotl. el corazon, o espiga desgranada dela mazorca de mayz.
(olotl. the heart, or a shelled corncob.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- A shelled corncob.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2:
- olotl. el corazon, o espiga desgranada dela mazorca de mayz.
(olotl. the heart, or a shelled corncob.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Spanish: olote
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 178
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
Cf. Classical Nahuatl ōlōtl.
References
- Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 15
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