xalli

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl xalli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaːlli/

Noun

xalli

(Cholula) sand

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Michoacán Nahuatl xali, Tetelcingo Nahuatl xöli̱.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaːlːi/

Noun

xalli

sand
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 23r:
  Arena. xalli.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Proper nouns derived from xalli

Xalixco
Xallah
Xaltepec

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 321
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 241

Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

xalli

sand

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