nohpalli

Central Nahuatl

FWOTD – 8 September 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nohpalli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noʔpalːi/

Noun

nohpalli (inanimate)

  1. Prickly pear cactus; nopal.

References

  • Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *nohpal-lɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *noʼpal-ta.[1]

Cognate with Cahuilla navet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noʔpalːi/

Noun

nohpalli

  1. prickly pear cactus, nopal

Descendants

  • → Spanish: nopal

See also

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “7b. *no’pal ‘prickly pear pads’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 49
  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 241.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 172.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 227.
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