yaoyotl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- yaoyutl
Etymology
From yāōtl (“enemy”) + -yōtl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaːoːjoːt͡ɬ/
- IPA(key): [jaː.ˈóː.joːt͡ɬ]
Noun
yāōyōtl
- War; warfare.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Taoyutl [sic], guerra.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
- Guerra. yaoyotl.necaliliztli.tlayecoliztli.& per metapho.
- mitl.chimalli.atl.tlachinolli.vel,teuatl,tlachinolli.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Synonyms
- mitl chimalli
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition University of Oklahoma Press, p. 266.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl University of Texas Press, p. 335.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written Stanford University Press, p. 242.