meyollohtli

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Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 30 July 2018

Alternative forms

meyollotli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From metl (“agave”) +‎ yōllohtli (“heart”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

meyōllohtli (inanimate, plural meyōllohtli)

(it is) the core of a young agave plant.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 48r:
  Cogollo de maguei no eſpigado. meyollotli.mecellotl. / meztallotl.
  The core of a young agave plant. meyollotli. mecellotl. meztallotl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 1:
  Cogollo de maguei no eſpigado. meyollotli.mece / llotl, meztallotl.
  The core of a young agave plant. meyollotli. mecellotl, meztallotl.
- Idem, f. 55r. col. 2.
  Meyollotli. cogollo de maguei, antes que ta- / llezca.
  Meyollotli. the core of the agave, before it grows a stalk.

Synonyms

Antonyms

quiyōcuahuitl

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 27r, 55r

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