yoliliztlaxcalli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From yōliliztli (“life”) + tlaxcalli (“bread”), a calque of Spanish pan de vida, from Ecclesiastical Latin pānis vītae, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς (ártos tês zōês, “bread of life”)), an expression found in the Bread of Life discourse in John 6:22–59.
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Noun[edit]
yōliliztlaxcalli (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. 40r. col. 1:
- Yoliliz tlaxcalli. pan de vida.
- Yoliliz tlaxcalli. 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 40r
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 195
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