yolqui

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Central Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Nahuatl yolqui.

Noun[edit]

yolqui (animate)

  1. Animal, beast.

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From yōli (“live”) +‎ -qui. Compare yōlcatl (“insect”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yōlqui (plural yōlqueh)

  1. A living thing.
  2. A beast of burden.

References[edit]

  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 343
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242
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