xolo

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

xōlo (animate)

servant
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 225v:
  Sieruo. tlacotli.xolo.
  A servant. tlacotli. xolo.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 31v. col. 2:
  Criado que ſirue o acompaña. tlaqueualli. tetlaye- / colti.teach.texolouh.xolo.xolotl.tetlauical.
  A servant who serves or accompanies. tlaqueualli. tetlayecolti. teach. texolouh. xolo. xolotl. tetlauical.
- Idem, f. 109r. col. 1.
  Sieruo. tlacotli. xolo.
  A servant. tlacotli. xolo.
- Idem, f. 160v. col. 2.
  Xolo. paje, moço, criado o eſclauo.
  Xolo. a page, servant or slave.

Synonyms

(servant): tlācohtli, xōlōtl

Derived terms

xōlōtōn

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 31, 109, 160

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl xoloitzcuintli (literally “dog of Xolotl”).

Noun

xolo m (plural xolos)

Mexican hairless dog, xoloitzcuintle

Further reading

“xolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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