Caxtillan yaoacalli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

castillan yaoacalli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Caxtīllān (“Spain”) +‎ yāōācalli (“war canoe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaʃ.tiː.lː.aː(n).yaː.oː.(w)aːˈka.lːi]

Noun

Caxtīllān yāōācalli (inanimate)

A galley; a low, flat warship pulled by oars.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 128r.
  Fuſta genero de naue. caſtillan yaoacalli.
  A galley, a kind of vessel. caſtillan yaoacalli.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 64v. col. 2.
  Fuſta. genero de naue caſtillan yaoacalli.
  A galley. a kind of vessel. caſtillan yaoacalli.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 64v

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