nochehuatl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nocheuatl (nonstandard spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From nōchtli (“prickly pear”) + ēhuatl (“skin, peel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
noōchēhuatl (inanimate)
- The rind of a prickly pear.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72v. col. 1:
- Nocheuatl. caxcara de tuna, o todo eſſo aſsi lo vno como lo otro, o coſa que se ſe cuenta con lo demas, o que es dela miſma coſa.
- Nocheuatl. the rind of a prickly pear, or anything be it this or that, or something that is counted among other things, or is of the same thing.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 72