ixtelolohtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ixtelolotli, yxtelolotli, yxtololotli

Etymology

īxtli (“eye”) +‎ telolohtli (“ball, pellet”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːʃteloloʔtɬi/
IPA^(key): /iːʃtololoʔtɬi/

Noun

īxtelolohtli (diminutive īxtelolohtōntli)

eyeball
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana:
  yxtelolotli, ojo, yixtelolo, su ojo de aquel
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 183v:
  Ojo con que vemos. ixtelolotli.yxotolotli.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 119
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 222
Olmos, Andrés de (1875) Rémi Siméon, editor, Grammaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale

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