castillan xochitl

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

castillan xochitl

  1. (obsolete) rose
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 125r:
      Flor o roſa de caſtilla. caſtillan xuchitl.Roſa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1640–41, Bartolomé de Alva (trans.), El animal profeta y dichoso patricida, f. 18r.
      ca nel àhmo nomàcēhual ȳ nicnotlamachtiz yn tlaçocastillan xōchitl ymahuizxāyacatzin
      (I am not worthy of enjoying the precious rose that is her splendid face.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References
  • Sell, Barry D. with Louise M. Burkhart and Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 193
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