yolqui

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From yōli (“live”) +‎ -qui. Compare yōlcatl (“insect”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /joːlki/

Noun

yōlqui (plural yōlqueh)

  1. A living thing.
  2. A beast of burden.

References
  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 343
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242
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