xochitl

See also: Xóchitl and xōchitl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

xochitl

1. flower.

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːtʃitɬ/

Noun

xochitl (inanimate)

1. flower

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Classical Nahuatl

The day sign xochitl, in the Codex Magliabechiano.

Alternative forms

• suchitl
• xuchitl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *šoočitl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːtʃitɬ/

Noun

xōchitl

1. flower
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 125r

     Flor generalmente. xuchitl. cueponcayotl.

2. a day sign

Derived terms

• Caxtillan xochitl
• cuauhiztexochitl
• xochihcualli
• xochipalli

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 265
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 329
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 241

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *šoočitl. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl xōchitl

Noun

xochitl

1. flower

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Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *šoočitl.

Noun

xochitl

1. flower

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 246