yohualli
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
yohualli
References[edit]
- Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From yohua (“to get dark”) + -lli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yohualli
- Night; nighttime; darkness.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 181r:
- Noche generalmente. youalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Proper noun[edit]
yohualli
- A spirit; "Night" personified.
- 17C: Crónica mexicayotl
- auh niman yohualtica ycochizpan yn huitzillihuitl yn quinotz yohuallli yehuatl yn diablo
- (And then at night, in Huitzilihuitl's sleep, the devil Yohualli spoke to him.)
- 17C: Crónica mexicayotl
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
- Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 120–121
- Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 340
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242