exotl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

exotl

green beans

References

Vocabulario básico náhuatl-español (2004); Secretaría de Educación Pública, Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo; Mexico.

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈe.ʃoːtɬ]

Noun

exotl

green beans.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From or related to etl (“bean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈe.ʃoːt͡ɬ]

Noun

exōtl (inanimate)

green beans
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 64r. col. 2:
  Friſoles verdes. exotl.
  Green beans. exotl.
- Idem, f. 21v. col. 2.
  Exotl.friſol o haua verde.
  Extol. a bean that is unripe.

Descendants

Spanish: ejote

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 64, 21

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈe.ʃoːtɬ]

Noun

exotl

green beans.

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