elotl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare ōlōtl (“corncob”) and xīlōtl (“tender ear of maize”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːloːt͡ɬ/

Noun

ēlōtl

A tender ear of maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, part 2, f. 28. col. 2.
  Elotl maçorca de mayz verde,que ya tiene quajados los granos.
  
  (Elotl green ear of maize, with the kernels already formed.)

Descendants

Spanish: elote

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77

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