pochotl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- pochōtl (Carochi)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poːtʃoːtɬ/
Noun
pōchōtl
- silk-cotton tree, ceiba
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 121r
- mā ihuicpatzinco tihuiān intlàtòcācihuāpilli, in màyuhqui pochōtl, āhuēhuētl, ma itlantzinco titocehuālhuīcān
- vamonos à Nueſtra Señora; es à manera de arbol grande, y ſabino, pongamonos à ſu ſombra.
- Let us go to our Lady, she is like a great tree and cypress, let us put ourselves in her shade.
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 121r
Derived terms
- pochocuauhtitech
- pochotitlan
- pochotl ahuehuetl
References
- Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 444–445
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 200
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