xolopihtli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

xolopihtli

1. clown.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃolopiʔtɬi/

Noun

xolopihtli

1. a fool; an idiot
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Tonto. xolopihtli.tehpuchtli.tepochcoyotl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 265.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 330.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 241.