cochiliztli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From cochi (“to sleep”) +‎ -liztli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kot͡ʃiˈlist͡ɬi/

Noun

cochiliztli

1. sleep
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 230r:

     Sueño. cochiliztli.cochiztli.
     (Sleep. cochiliztli.cochiztli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 2:

     Cochiliztli. ſueño del que duerme.
     (Cochiliztli. sleep of one who is sleeping.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cochiztli

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23