moloni

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *moloonV (“to boil”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *moLo (“to boil”).[1]

Verb

molōni

  1. (of a spring) To flow from an opening
  2. (of clouds) To build up
  3. (of feathers) To float on the breeze

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “268c. *moLo ‘boil, waft upward’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 92
  • J. Richard Andrews (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press
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