peyotl
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
peyotl (uncountable)
- Alternative form of peyote
- 1954, Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, Chatto & Windus, page 5:
- Jaensch, Havelock Ellis and Weir Mitchell began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyotl.
Anagrams[edit]
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
peyotl
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
peyotl
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to peyōni "to glisten" according to Andrews (2003).
Pronunciation[edit]
Kartunnen (1983) writes peyotl; Andrews (2003) writes peyōtl; Lockhart (2001) says "length of vowels unknown; o most likely long".
Noun[edit]
peyotl
References[edit]
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 246.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 193.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.
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