pozolatl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- poçolatl (obsolete or historical spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From pozoni (“for a pot to boil”) + ātl (“water”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pozolātl inan (plural pozolātl)
- (it is) a beverage of boiled or cooked maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 82v. col. 2:
- Poçol atl. beuida de mayz cozido.
- Poçol atl. a beverage of boiled maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 19v. col. 1:
- Beuida de mayz cozido. poçolatl. quauhnexatl.
- A beverage of boiled maize. poçolatl. quauhnexatl.