patolli
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl patōlli.
Noun
patolli (uncountable)
- A board game, similar to pachisi, played by the Aztecs.
- 1992, Olive Patricia Dickason, Canada′s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, page 61,
- There is also the resemblance between the Hindu game of pachesi and the Mexica patolli, so close as to be virtually identical.
- 1994, Edwin C. Krupp, Echoes of the Ancient Skies: The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations, 2003, page 294,
- Mesoamericans played a game called patolli, which has been likened to parcheesi. […] Post-Conquest accounts also indicate patolli had religious meaning, and calendrical, numerological, cosmological, and astronomical symbolism determined the rules of play.
- 2002, Sally E. D. Wilkins, Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures, page 156,
- Patolli is a Mesoamerican game so similar to South Asian pachisi that many anthropologists considered it evidence of a precolonial contact between the peoples of the Old and New Worlds (Figure 5.2).
- 1992, Olive Patricia Dickason, Canada′s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, page 61,
Translations
board game
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Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Patolli_game.jpg/260px-Patolli_game.jpg)
Etymology
From patoa (“to play a game of chance”) + -lli.
Pronunciation
Noun
patōlli (inanimate, plural patōlli)
- (it is) patolli; a board game similar to pachisi involving chance through the throwing of dice.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144v.
- Iuego de fortuna. patolli. amapatolli.
- A game of chance. patolli. amapatolli.
- Iuego de fortuna. patolli. amapatolli.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 73r. col. 1.
- Iuego de fortuna. patolli. amapatolli.
- A game of chance. patolli. amapatolli.
- Iuego de fortuna. patolli. amapatolli.
- Idem, f. 80r. col. 2.
- Patolli. dados para jugar, o juego de fortuna.
- Patolli. dice used in play, or a game of chance.
- Patolli. dados para jugar, o juego de fortuna.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144v.
- (it is) a large bean, usually indented on one side, used as a die in this game.
- (it is) a die; dice.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 66r.
- Dados. patolli.
- Dice. patolli.
- Dados. patolli.
- 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 35v. col. 1.
- Dados. patolli.
- Dice. patolli.
- Dados. patolli.
- Idem, f. 80r. col. 2.
- Patolli. dados para jugar, o juego de fortuna.
- Patolli. dice used in play, or a game of chance.
- Patolli. dados para jugar, o juego de fortuna.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 66r.
Derived terms
Terms derived from patōlli
Related terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 66r, 89r
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 377
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- en:Board games
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- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
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- nci:Board games