xilotl
See also: xīlōtl
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 23 September 2015
Alternative forms
- xīlōtl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːloːtɬ/
Noun
xīlōtl
- immature, green ear of maize; jilote
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 159v.
- Maçorca de mayz antes que ſe quaje el grano. xilotl.
- (Cob of maize before the kernel is formed.)
- Maçorca de mayz antes que ſe quaje el grano. xilotl.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 159v.
- One that cannot keep secrets; a blabber; blabbermouth.
- 1640–41, Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), El animal profeta y dichoso patricida, f. 18r.
- Ma. v timahuiztic tlacatl yeçe yuhqui yn quenin mochihua noyollo cuix çā ytlà nimitzylhuīz
- Tiçoc v Tleyn ticmìhtalhuia cuix nixīlōtl cuix aca nechyhtitzayanaz
- MALINTZIN: You are an honorable person. Nevertheless, my heart is uneasy about this. Shall I say something to you?
- TIZOC: What are you saying? Am I a blabbermouth? Will someone rip it out of me?
- 1640–41, Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), El animal profeta y dichoso patricida, f. 18r.
Derived terms
- xilotzontli
- xiloxochitl
References
- Bierhorst, John (1985) A Nahuatl-English Dictionary and Concordance to the Cantares Mexicanos with an Analytic Transcription and Grammatical Notes, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 389
- Sell, Barry D.; Louise M. Burkhart; Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
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