yollohtli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
A derivation of yōli (“to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [joːˈlːoʔ.t͡ɬi]
Noun
yōllohtli (inanimate)
- heart (organ)
- Synonym: yollotl
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 55r:
- Coraçon. yollotli.
- The heart. yollotli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 30v. col. 1:
- Coraçon. yullotli. toyollo.
- The heart. yullotli. toyollo.
- Idem, f. 41r. col. 1.
- Yollotli. coraçon.
- Yollotli. the heart.
- Yollotli. coraçon.
Derived terms
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 267–268.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 342.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 242.
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