zoyatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

çoyatl, çuyatl (obsolete spellings)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsoː.jat͡ɬ]

Noun

zōyatl (inanimate)

palm tree
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 1.
  Palma arbol conocido. çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.
  A palm tree, a well-known tree. çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.
- 'Idem, f. 25r. col. 1.
  Çoyatl. palma.
  Çoyatl. a palm tree.
- Idem, f. 27v. col. 2.
  Çuyatl. palma.
  Çuyatl. a palm tree.

Synonyms

(palm tree): zōtolin, zōyacuahuitl

Derived terms

Terms derived from zōyatl

zōyapetlatl
zōyatanahtli

zōyatemalli
zōyatlah

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 349

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