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Central Nahuatl
Noun
mequiyotl
- quiote.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From metl (“agave plant”) + quiyōtl (“stem, shoot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mequiyōtl (inanimate)
- (botany) the stem or peduncle of the agave.
- Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.
- Mequiyotl. el tallo largo del maguei.
- Mequiyotl. the long stem of the agave.
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 111v, 55v
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 269