elotl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare ōlōtl (“corncob”) and xīlōtl (“tender ear of maize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːloːt͡ɬ/

Noun

ēlōtl

1. A tender ear of maize.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, part 2, f. 28. col. 2.

     Elotl maçorca de mayz verde,que ya tiene quajados los granos.

     (Elotl green ear of maize, with the kernels already formed.)

Descendants

• Spanish: elote

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77