iyetl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *ɨyə-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pipaC-ta.[1]

Noun

iyetl

  1. tobacco
    • 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana
      auh no yehuan quitemaca ... in xochitl, in iyetl, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Yetl, çahumerio, niyeuh, mi tal çahumerio.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2348. *pipaC / *piipat (AMR) 'tobacco'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 363
  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 231.