elotl
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
elotl
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
elotl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Compare tlaōlli (“maize in general”), ōlōtl (“corncob”) and xīlōtl (“tender ear of maize”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ēlōtl
- A tender ear of maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, part 2, f. 28. col. 2:
- Elotl maçorca de mayz verde,que ya tiene quajados los granos.
(Elotl green ear of maize, with the kernels already formed.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- Spanish: elote
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ēlōtl.
Noun
elotl
Sierra Negra Nahuatl
Noun
elotl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Noun
elotl
- a fresh ear of corn
References
- Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 15