octli

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl octli

Noun

octli (uncountable)

1. Pulque.

Anagrams

• cloit, lotic

Central Nahuatl

Noun

octli

1. wine, liquor.

Derived terms

• meoctli
• tlapaloctli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oktɬi/

Noun

octli

1. pulque
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Vino generalmentei [sic] octli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 242.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 176.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 228.