tlemoyotl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tletl (“fire”) + mōyōtl (“mosquito”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɬeˈmoːjoːt͡ɬ/
Noun
tlemōyōtl
- spark
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 147r. col. 2:
- Tlemoyotl. centella.
(Tlemoyotl. spark.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 308
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 261