yolcatlaxcalli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From yōlqui (“living being”) + tlaxcalli (“bread”), a calque of Spanish pan de vida, calqued from Latin panis vitae, calqued from Ancient Greek ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς (ártos tês zōês, “bread of life”), taken from the Bread of Life Discourse in the Gospel of John, 6:22–59.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yōlcātlaxcalli (inanimate)
- (Christianity) (it is) the bread of life (a biblical name for Jesus or the eucharist).
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 39v. col. 2:
- Yolcatlaxcalli.pan de vida.
- Yolcatlaxcalli. bread of life.
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References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 39v
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