ixtelolohtli

ixtelolohtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• ixtelolotli, yxtelolotli, yxtololotli

Etymology

īxtli (“eye”) +‎ telolohtli (“ball, pellet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːʃteloloʔtɬi/
• IPA^(key): /iːʃtololoʔtɬi/

Noun

īxtelolohtli (diminutive īxtelolohtōntli)

1. eyeball
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana:

     yxtelolotli, ojo, yixtelolo, su ojo de aquel

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 183v.

     Ojo con que vemos. ixtelolotli.yxotolotli.

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 119
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 222
• Olmos, Andrés de (1875), Rémi Siméon, editor, Grammaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale