huilocalli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

uilocalli, vilocalli

Etymology

From huīlōtl (“a pigeon; dove”) +‎ calli (“a small structure; house”); .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [wiː.loːˈká.lːi]

Noun

huīlōcalli (inanimate, plural huīlōcalli)

(it is) a dovecote; pigeon house.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187v:
  Palomar lugar donde criã. uilocalli.
  A dovecote, a place where they breed [doves]. uilocalli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 1:
  Palomar lugar donde crian. vilocalli.
  A dovecote, a place where they breed [doves]. vilocalli.
- Idem, f. 157v. col. 1.
  Vilocalli.palomar.
  Vilocalli. a dovecote.

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, pages 92, 157

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