acalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From ātl (“water”) +‎ calli (“house, structure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aːˈka.lːi/

Noun

ācalli (inanimate)

1. An small vessel; especially a boat or canoe.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 31r.

     Barca.   acalli.

     A boat.   acalli.

   • Idem, f. 42v.

     Canoa   acalli.

     A canoe   acalli.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 1v. col. 1.

     Acalli. nauio, barca, canoa, &c.

     Acalli. a ship, boat or canoe, etc.

   • c1600: Anonymous, Anónimo mexicano, f. 11r.

     oqui piaia yca Y tlahuitol, chicnauh- mamalhuiztlí, tetotocamitl. mintlí, acallí

     [ōquipiyaya īca ītlahuītōl, chicnāuh mamalhuiztli, tētotōcamītl, mīntli, ācalli.]

     They guarded him with his bow, six litters, hunting arrows, piercing arrows, and a boat, all near his feet.

Derived terms

acalchimalli acallapani

acalohtli

Caxtillan acalli

Descendants

• Spanish: acal

References

• 2005, Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Utah State University Press, page 29:
• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 205:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 1:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 210:
• 2008, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 1:
• 2002, Wolgemuth, Carl et al., Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz^[1], 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 4, 221, 222, 241: