eptli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈep.t͡ɬi]

Noun

eptli (inanimate)

oyster
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 185v:
  Oſtia peſcado. amatzcalli. eptli.
  An osyter, the fish. amatzcalli. eptli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 91r. col. 2:
  Oſtia peſcado. amatzcalli. eptli.
  An osyter, the fish. amatzcalli. eptli.
- Idem, f. 29r. col. 1.
  Eptli.concha, o oſtia dela mar.
  Eptli. a shell, or an oyster of the sea.
- 16c, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 3, paragraph 3
  EPTLI: çan no iehoatl in atzcalli, iehoatl in tapalcaiotl in omjtl, in petlanj, in peetlaca.

Synonyms

āmatzcalli

Derived terms

References

Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 60
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 91