ollamaliztli

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 28 October 2016

From ōllama (“to play in a ritual ball game”) +‎ -liztli.

ōllamaliztli (inanimate)

(it is) a ritual ball game in which two teams of players strike a solid rubber ball with the hips within a masonry ballcourt
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144v.
  Iuego de pelota conlas nalgas. ollamaliztli.
  A ball game played with the buttocks. ollamaliztli.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2.
  Ollama. n. jugar a la pelota con las nalgas . Prete. onollan. / Ollamaliztli. juego de pelota deſta manera . ſ . el acto de jugar.
  Ollama. n. to play a ball game with the buttocks. Preterite: onollan. / Ollamaliztli a ball game played in this manner, or the act of playing it.
(it is) the act of playing this ball game, or an instance thereof
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2.
  Ollama. n. jugar a la pelota con las nalgas . Prete. onollan. / Ollamaliztli. juego de pelota deſta manera . ſ . el acto de jugar.
  Ollama. n. to play a ball game using the buttocks. Preterite: onollan. / Ollamaliztli. a ball game played in this manner, or the act of playing it.

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 76r
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 355

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