acalli

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ācalli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈka.lːi/

Noun

acalli (inanimate)

1. ship.

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla page 88.

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈka.lːi/

Noun

ācalli (inanimate)

1. An 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, Idem, 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.

   • c1600, Anonymous, 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.

Derived terms

• ācallapāni
• ācalyacatl

• Caxtīllān ācalli
• tiyāmicācalli

• xamācalli
• yāōācalli

Descendants

• Central Puebla Nahuatl: acalli
• → Spanish: acal

References

• Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Utah State University Press, 2005, 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 ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 4, 221, 222, 241