Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çoyatl, çuyatl (obsolete spellings)

Noun

zōyatl ‎(inanimate)

1. palm tree
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 1.

     Palma arbol conocido. çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.

     A palm tree, a well-known tree. çoyatl.çoyaquauitl.

   • 'Idem, f. 25r. col. 1.

     Çoyatl. palma.

     Çoyatl. a palm tree.

   • Idem, f. 27v. col. 2.

     Çuyatl. palma.

     Çuyatl. a palm tree.

Synonyms

• (palm tree): zōtolin, zōyacuahuitl

Derived terms

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 349