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English
Noun
ilama (plural ilamas)
- A Central American fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona diversifolia.
Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Noun
ilama (animate)
- (Amecameca) old woman
References
- Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Amecameca variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ilama (animate, plural ilamatqueh)
- an old woman
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Ylama, vieja, nilamatcauh, mi vieja.illamâtque.- Ylama, an old woman, nilamatcauh, my old woman.illamâtque.
Derived terms
References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 229
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 103
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 220
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
C.f. Classical Nahuatl ilama (“old woman”).
Noun
ilama
- turkey hen
References