octli
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl octli
Noun
octli (uncountable)
Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Noun
octli
- wine, liquor.
Derived terms
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
octli
- pulque
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Vino generalmentei [sic] octli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 242.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 176.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 228.