elotl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

elotl

1. A fresh ear of corn.

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

elotl

1. A fresh ear of corn.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare tlaōlli (“maize in general”), ōlōtl (“corncob”) and xīlōtl (“tender ear of maize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːloːt͡ɬ/

Noun

ēlōtl

1. 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

1. A fresh ear of corn.

Sierra Negra Nahuatl

Noun

elotl

1. A fresh ear of corn.

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Noun

elotl

1. 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