yolqui
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl yolqui.
Noun
yolqui (animate)
- Animal, beast.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From yōli (“live”) + -qui. Compare yōlcatl (“insect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joːlki/
Noun
yōlqui (plural yōlqueh)
- A living thing.
- A beast of burden.
References
- Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (please provide the title of the work), archived from the original on 2011-02-20, retrieved 16 June 2007
- Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 343
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242