ayotl
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- ayutl (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nahuan *aayootl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aya-wɨt-ta (“big tortoise”).
Noun
ayotl
- turtle; tortoise
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Ayutl, tortuga, nayuuh.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
- Tortuga. ayutl.
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 16–17
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