acalli

See also: acal·li

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Jaltocán and Texcoco): akalli
• (Canoa): acal·li
• (Nanacamilpan and Tlaxcala): akali

Acalli, “canoe”.

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl acalli, cognate with atl (“water”) +‎ calli (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈka.lːi/

Noun

acalli (inanimate)

1. (Cholula and Milpa Alta) ship, canoe.
2. stilt house.

Derived terms

• acalco

References

• Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
• Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Jaltocan variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈka.lːi/

Noun

ācalli (inanimate)

1. A 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, Alonso de Molina, 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.

   • c. 1600, anonymous author, 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.

Inflection

Possessive forms of acalli

	Singular	Plural
1st person	nacal	tacal
2nd person	macal	amacal
3rd person	īacal	īmacal
impersonal	tēacal

Derived terms

• acallapani
• acalyacatl
• Caxtillan acalli
• tiyamicacalli
• xamacalli
• yaoacalli

Descendants

• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: akali
• Central Nahuatl: acalli
• Central Puebla Nahuatl: acalli
• → Spanish: acal

References

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