yaoacalli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From yāōtl (“enemy, war”) + ācalli (“canoe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yāōācalli (inanimate)
- war canoe
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 31r. col. 1:
- Yaocalli. [sic] fuſta artillada, o coſa aſsi para pelear ẽ / la mar.
- Yaoacalli. a canoe armed with artillery, or something similar to wage war at sea.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 31r