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yohualli

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Central Nahuatl

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Noun

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yohualli

  1. night

References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From yohua (to get dark) +‎ -lli.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yohualli

  1. Night; nighttime; darkness.

Proper noun

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yohualli

  1. 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.)

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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