yaoyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From yāōtl (“enemy”) +‎ -yōtl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaːoːjoːt͡ɬ/
  • IPA(key): [jaː.ˈóː.joːt͡ɬ]

Noun

yāōyōtl

  1. War; warfare.
    • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Taoyutl [sic], guerra.
    • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
      Guerra. yaoyotl.necaliliztli.tlayecoliztli.& per metapho.
      mitl.chimalli.atl.tlachinolli.vel,teuatl,tlachinolli.

Synonyms

References
  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition University of Oklahoma Press, p. 266.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl University of Texas Press, p. 335.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written Stanford University Press, p. 242.
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